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John in la — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:07:40 GMT

OBAMA'S CAMP IS DESPERATE

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BionicWoman, Tucson, AZ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:11:46 GMT

Ah, there we are! Let's start waffling on the Iraq withdrawl. BozObama doesn't have a clue how he's going to get us out of there. All the generals are standing behind Hillary formulating a plan. All the morons supporting Obama are standing ready to chase the windmill.

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:13:09 GMT

So how does it feel Obama camp?

For months people have been harrasing hillary and now that the rolls have reversed you don't like it.

I didn't see you complaining when Clinton was being bashed every day.

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JohnnyU, WA State — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:13:26 GMT

“We don’t need more George Bush secrecy in the White House.” Absolutely right. These past few weeks have really given me the chance to see how Hillary operates & I don't like it. I want the change that I believe only Obama can catalize. But I trust John McCain to be honest with the American public more than I do Hillary. Her lies & dirty tricks are NOT ok with this voter.

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Mark Thieme — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:13:34 GMT

Well, Chris Matthews tells us today that the Clintons plan is a "backroom plan," and that while "they won't be smoking cigars, it will feel like that."

OK Democrats: do you want to come out of a ballistic primary and nominate the "backroom" candidate while it is apparent to all the world that the republican candidate won fair and square and represents the will of the majority of his party?

Why vote Democrat when your guys stink worse than the other guys? And that's not cigar smoke you smell.

Hillary has morphed into a real, bonded and branded monster... she will win at all costs, no matter what it costs her, her party, her nation... no matter what it costs her soul and ours.

God help us if these are the good guys.

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Fact Check — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:14:40 GMT

People who keep spouting the line about Hillary winning all the "blue states" as the reason she should be the nominee,

Here's the fundamental flaw with your argument. In each of those states, Obama received MORE votes than any Democratic candidate in primary/caucus history. Hillary received a few more. But to suggest that he "wouldn't win" is an insult to YOUR intelligence (not to those reading it since we realize how specious your argument is).

And to Dawn in Pittsburgh, you responded just as your candidate does and just as most of her supporters do: rather than addressing the issue (which you can't because it's a fact), you jumped into slandering me. It was a truly classy and intelligent response (at least those are the definitions of "classy" and "intelligent" in the New American Dictionary of Bill, Hillary, Mark Penn, and Howard Wolfson).

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john j, texas — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:14:45 GMT

Obama’s selective willingness to ‘fight back’
Posted March 7th, 2008 at 11:05 am

Slate’s John Dickerson had an interesting item last night that seemed to summarize the conventional wisdom on intra-party criticism pretty well.

The Clinton team is setting the same trap for Obama my 4-year-old sets for her older brother. She hits him knowing that he’ll get in trouble for hitting back. Right on cue, Clinton’s senior aide Ann Lewis set it up. “I didn’t realize their version of new politics was to recycle old Republican tactics,” she said. If voters put both campaigns in the corner for a timeout, it may hurt Obama more because his claim to be a new kind of above-the-fray candidate means he’s held to a higher standard. If Obama pays no penalty for the fracas, the Clinton folks still take him for a roll in the dirt where he can’t offer his appealing message of hope, change, inspiration, and hope. Clinton, by contrast, reinforces her fighter image.

This is not a new dilemma for Obama. We’ve been talking [about] it for a year. What’s new is that he is under more pressure than ever to punch back. It’s not just that he can’t let Clinton’s attacks hang in the air. He has to show Democrats that he’s a fighter, too…. If he’s going to be the nominee, he’s going to face a lot worse from Republicans — and the barrage will be constant if he’s president.

This is pretty much what everyone knows to be true — Clinton engaged Obama, Obama tried to stay above the fray, Clinton prevailed. Obama therefore is expected to pull off a tricky move — go negative on Clinton while a) enduring Clinton’s mockery about “abandoning the politics of hope”; and b) sticking to the positive message that has gotten him to this point.

But when I read Dickerson’s item last night, I paused on a couple of points that didn’t seem quite right. Obama, for example, “has to show Democrats that he’s a fighter.” That’s true, but I couldn’t help but notice that when Republicans started treating him as the likely nominee, and McCain and Bush started taking a few shots, Obama fought back quickly and quite effectively. (The dust up over al Qaeda in Iraq last week comes to mind.) There didn’t seem to be any hesitation at all.

With this in mind, the problem isn’t necessarily that Obama is reluctant to get aggressive, it’s that he’s reluctant to get aggressive with his Democratic rival.

To be sure, Obama hasn’t exactly been playing bean-bag with Clinton, but I think it’s fair to say that Obama, especially since Super Tuesday, has been restrained in going after his Democratic rival. He had the luxury of doing so — he was winning and had less of an incentive to launch attacks. Clinton needed to catch up, so she became rather relentless. No big mystery here.

On this point, Dickerson argued that Obama has to be able to endure Clinton’s “kitchen-sink strategy,” because it’s only going to get worse. Republicans won’t hold back in the fall, and their unhinged attacks will be more belligerent than anything he’s seen from Clinton. Clinton’s attacks, the theory goes, are a test of sorts — either they’ll “toughen him up” or he’ll fail before it’s too late. If he can’t take it in March, October will be a nightmare.

But just how similar are the circumstances? Jonathan Chait makes a compelling case.

[H]er attacks on Obama are not a fair proxy for what he’d endure in the general election, because attacks are harder to refute when they come from within one’s own party. Indeed, Clinton is saying almost exactly the same things about Obama that McCain is: He’s inexperienced, lacking in substance, unequipped to handle foreign policy. As The Washington Monthly’s Christina Larson has pointed out, in recent weeks the nightly newscasts have consisted of Clinton attacking Obama, McCain attacking Obama, and then Obama trying to defend himself and still get out his own message. If Obama’s the nominee, he won’t have a high-profile Democrat validating McCain’s message every day.

Second, Obama can’t “test” Clinton the way she can test him. While she likes to claim that she beat the Republican attack machine, it’s more accurate to say that she survived with heavy damage. Clinton is a wildly polarizing figure, with disapproval ratings at or near 50 percent. But, because she earned the intense loyalty of core Democratic partisans, Obama has to tread gingerly around her vulnerabilities. There is a big bundle of ethical issues from the 1990s that Obama has not raised because he can’t associate himself with what partisan Democrats (but not Republicans or swing voters) regard as a pure GOP witch hunt.

There’s no reason to think that dynamic will be at all similar in the fall. Obama’s willingness to be confrontational with Republicans seems quite healthy, and I haven’t seen any serious suggestion he’d play patty-cakes with McCain while the Republican Smear Machine is punching him in the mouth. Indeed, the dynamic may very well prove to be the opposite — the GOP will go after Clinton on issues Obama is afraid to touch, meaning she’d have to endure attacks for the first time.

Maybe Obama will effectively engage Clinton in the coming weeks, maybe not. Time will tell. But either way, looking at this as a proxy for what might happen to Obama in the fall seems like a mistake.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/14812.html

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MEET ME IN INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:14:47 GMT

LOOK WHAT HAS COME OF HIS CAMPAIGN! HOW DARE HE LUMP HILLARY CLINTON WITH GEORGE W BUSH! THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I HOPE AMERICANS FINALLY SEE WHAT OBAMA IS - JUST A SLIMY, SMUG POLITICIAN; HE'S NOT CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, HE'S A NEW GENERATION OF "SEND YOUR SURROGATES OUT THERE TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK FOR YOU" AND THEN HE ACTS LIKE HE IS RUNNING A CLEAN CAMPAIGN. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!

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Kathryn in Bham — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:15:42 GMT

I think that it is crazy to see how this generation and the upcoming one being forged now by our actions/decisions as a nation as to who to put in the White House is being dictated by 'political correctness'...

Why is not ok for people to mention Obama's past drug use, question his heritage, use his middle name or whatever? The right thing to do is to answer these ignorant charges from the 'other side' or from the public/the press or whomever, and keep going forward. To look down at the oponent self-righteously and wait on someone to get fired over questioning someone's credentials or past is obsurd!!! That goes across the board.

I am tired of everyone having to apologize for each other and 'punish' someone for acting human or for being inquisitive. It is ok when it is done to someone who is the 'norm' (white and male), but not when someone is of a different gender, race or religion or heritage. Why is that?

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Cassandra — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:15:54 GMT

Wait a second. He says there's a different standard. Of course there is Obama. Why can't we use your middle name? why has the media (until recently) been so easy on you? why can't others mention your drug use...you brought it up, what is your relationship with Rezco...bonehead move doesn't explain it....i could go on. Yes Obama there is a different standard and you have clearly benefited from it...nice try on the spin though...that all you got?

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:16:00 GMT

Personally, I couldn’t care less about having a squeeky clean President. I just want to have a SMART one again.

Obama? Ummm, not all that bright.

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Lynn — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:16:14 GMT

Clinton has no chance in November - either way. She is more than disliked by the Obama supporter for her campaign style ... she is well-hated.

She knows today that no Democrat can afford to lose a large, large part of the Democratic base (including new young voters) and the African-American vote.

I am a Democrat who will vote for McCain if she would be the nominee. Plain and simple. That is true for my family and friends here in Missouri .... a state the Democrats would need :)

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Jamal, Austin Texas — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:16:25 GMT

It's about time. The Clinton hypocrisy is amazing and the media has been falling for it. But not Chuck. Keep being a journalist and demanding transparency. What are the Clinton's so afraid of? We've suffered for your lies before and the country can't afford it again. Heck, I'll show you my returns if you show me yours!

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Jamal, Austin Texas — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:16:35 GMT

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leslie, pleasanton,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:16:45 GMT

Finally, someone said it right on Clinton, wake up people, she acts like she's gods gift to earth, NOT
Media people alot of times cites with her. Ask her the questions that you have been asking Obama. And I do think that this woma is a monster, I can say that.
I don't belong in any campaing, or do you want me fired too you old witch. GO OBAMA 08

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Billy S, Seattle, WA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:16:46 GMT

Which one of you guys is Patty?

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Debbie, LA, CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:16:59 GMT

Here here! Hillary's attempt to misconstrue Obama's position on Iraq is absolutely ridiculous! He has said MANY times that we need to be as careful getting out as we have been careless getting in - and that requires seeking the advise of military leaders once he is in office. For him to simply ignore that advise on the basis that he "already has a plan" would be completely reckless. There is absolutely nothing contradictory about his promise to voters and Power's statement.

Hillary's desperation is making me absolutely nauseous!

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PeterO — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:17:08 GMT

I was almost ready to be okay with Hillary as VP, but she is really pissing me off. Why is she hell bent on tearing apart the party... why is she doing this?

She can't win the delegate count, so if she can't win no one can. What a witch.

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bshult — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:17:54 GMT

We who have been Barack's constituents in the state senate called him O-Bambi because he would bat his eyes and act innocent when he was caught in a misstatement or mistake. But Bozobama is even funnier. But lets not use nicknames or say personal nasty things. At end of day we are democrats and there is not a great difference between them substantively on the issues.

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Jenny — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:00 GMT

Is Hillary's Plan to divide the Part to get on the VP ticket and if not make sure she's hurt Obama enough to ensure he loses against McCain and thus she runs for President in 2012 ( a la Reagan).

Newsweek article by Eleanor Clift:

"The two contested nominations of the modern era—Kennedy-Carter in '80 and Reagan-Ford in '76—offer clues as to what may lie ahead. In each case, the candidate with the most pledged delegates going into the convention won the nomination. Each then went on to lose the general election. Clinton backers point to the Reagan model. Governor Reagan stayed in the fight all the way to the convention. He had a hundred delegates fewer than Ford, roughly the same deficit Clinton has today. Reagan helped insure his party's defeat but nailed the nomination four years later."

She is so Selfish!

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Goon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:10 GMT

"how dare he lump Hillary with George W Bush"? Last time I checked it was the Clinton camp comparing him to Rove and Bush. Hillary yells at others for things she does herself!

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Jenny — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:27 GMT

Is Hillary's Plan to divide the Part to get on the VP ticket and if not make sure she's hurt Obama enough to ensure he LOSES against McCain and thus she runs for President in 2012 ( a la Reagan).

Newsweek article by Eleanor Clift:

"The two contested nominations of the modern era—Kennedy-Carter in '80 and Reagan-Ford in '76—offer clues as to what may lie ahead. In each case, the candidate with the most pledged delegates going into the convention won the nomination. Each then went on to lose the general election. Clinton backers point to the Reagan model. Governor Reagan stayed in the fight all the way to the convention. He had a hundred delegates fewer than Ford, roughly the same deficit Clinton has today. Reagan helped insure his party's defeat but nailed the nomination four years later."

She is so Selfish!

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Amy, Seattle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:30 GMT

Every day the Clinton campaign gets uglier. Some of these reports coming out about them actually seem like a joke.
I have never in my life wavered about being a democrat but if she succeeds in stealing this election I really don't think I could vote for her. I can't support what makes me ill.

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EJH — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:30 GMT

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OBAMA IS TOO WEAK TO BEAT THE LIKES OF A GUTTER-POLITICAIN LIKE BILLARY. - HILLARY CALLED THE OBAMA PEOPLE LIKE "KARL ROVE" AND "KEN STARR" BUT OBAMA DID NOT DEMAND AN APOLOGY. - AS SOON AS ONE OF HIS AIDES APPROPRIATELY DESCRIBES HILLARY --- HE FIRES THE AIDE.
OBAMA DOESN'T GET WHAT HE IS UP AGAINST AND WHEN HE FINALLY REALIZES IT --- IT WILL BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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john j, texas — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:32 GMT

Archivists Block Release of Clinton Papers Clinton Presidential Library Archivists are Blocking Release of White House Papers By PETER EISLER LITTLE ROCK -- March 7, 2008 ? Federal archivists at the Clinton Presidential Library are blocking the release of hundreds of pages of White House papers on pardons that the former president approved, including clemency for fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich. That archivists' decision, based on guidance provided by Bill Clinton that restricts the disclosure of advice he received from aides, prevents public scrutiny of documents that would shed light on how he decided which pardons to approve from among hundreds of requests. Clinton's legal agent declined the option of reviewing and releasing the documents that were withheld, said the archivists, who work for the federal government, not the Clintons. The decision to withhold much of the requested material could provide fodder for critics who say that the former president and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, now seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, have been unwilling to fully release documents to public scrutiny.

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Marbw — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:33 GMT

From Time Magazine:

There was a moment in Barack Obama's speech in San Antonio on Tuesday night that encapsulated something important about this year's U.S. presidential primary season. On the night of the Iowa caucuses in January, Obama said, the grandfather of one of his young staffers had stayed up until 5 a.m., watching the returns. The man was 81 years old — and he was in Uganda.

He was not alone. In many U.S. election seasons, the rest of the world doesn't pay much attention to the strange hoopla until the two main candidates have emerged... But this time is different. From Paris to Karachi, Canada to Turkey, interest in this U.S. election season began months ago. Libraries of new books on American politics and political figures have been flying off the shelves in Japan and Italy. Friends of mine (not all of them political junkies) from Australia, India, Ireland, Kenya, South Africa and Britain have all sent me e-mails in recent weeks about the primaries and how exciting they are. My father has been interested in American politics since 1960 and says he has never seen this level of interest so early in the race. "There truly has been nothing like the Democratic battle we are now experiencing," he e-mailed me recently. "Here [in Australia] wherever we go, people want to talk about the two candidates and are taking sides."

In Barack Obama, a biracial son of an immigrant, millions see themselves. "Educated, international-minded Indians get a huge thrill out of Obama," says Shashi Tharoor, a former high-ranking U.N. diplomat and an author and columnist. "He is much more 'one of us' than any previous presidential contender ... An Obama victory would fulfill everything the rest of the world has been told America could be, but hasn't quite been."

... Across the world, the techniques of the candidates are being copied. In Italy, Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, a candidate for the position of Prime Minister, has taken to lifting lines from Obama, including repeated usage of "Yes we can" in three languages: English, Italian ("Sì, possiamo") and the Italian capital's local dialect ("Se po' ffa'"). In Hong Kong, prodemocracy parties are studying U.S. campaign techniques, in particular Obama's grass-roots youth organizing. "Everyone wants to study how he delivers his message," says Tanya Chan, a District Council representative from the Civic Party.

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Jenny — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:38 GMT

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Geneva Foster, Hercules, CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:45 GMT

1. Why not more coverage of the possibility of "voter" fraud in Ohio with many republicans admitting they voted for Clinton as weaker candidate against McCain.
2. In polls reflecting percentages for Clinton vs Mcain nationally, make sure they reflect the STRONG inevitability that they cannot include the majority of the BLACK vote that she will lose if this nomination is stolen from Obama.

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Geneva Foster, Hercules, CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:51 GMT

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MHerst — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:56 GMT

Bionic Woman in Tucson: What have you been drinking lately? Oh yes-----the Clinton cool aid.
My husband was a dog catcher....does that mean that I have the same expertise to catch dogs in my neighborhood? You don't acquire experience by osmosis!

Hillary has no experience to speak of and certainly no ethics.

Hillary and Bill Clinton would sell their own daughter to thieves if they thought it would advance their cause.

Get real people.....we don't want or need another Clinton presidency.

Dear God, one was enough!

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Orlando Jacinto, Charleston, South Carolina — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:19:01 GMT

I was surprised to read about the comments from Samantha Powers this morning. But I don't think she should of resigned as an advisor to the Obama campaign. Samantha Powers offers foreign policy insights that any of the candidates would find helpful in shaping American foreign policy. I encourage every member of Congress who cares about how our government conducts its foreign policy to read the Age of Genocide. Each member of Congress can learn from Samantha Powers, including Senator Clinton. Senator Obama reached out to Samantha Powers because of her insight and first hand experience of the situation, like in Daufur. I hope to see Samantha Powers in an Obama Presidency.

Orlando - Charleston, SC

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Robert Hussein Harris, Buckeye, AZ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:19:19 GMT

Hilary using the old "do as I say, not as I do" line? What a shocker! Is anyone really shocked by this? I'm not. Hilary has done nothing but put out personal attacks against Obama but when the slightest little thing is said about her it's the end of the world, she plays the I'm a girl, don't pick on me card far too often.

I was so excited about this race, and ALL of the Dem candidates, until it became 1-on-1 and Hilary showed her true colors. Thanks for destroying what could have been the greatest race ever Hilary... good job!

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Ann — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:19:38 GMT

Bionic all those people worked for her husband. He called the chits in.. If she was so smart with foreign policy she would not have voted for the Iraq war. Oh yeah it was Hillary Clintons campaign that told the Canadian government not to take her statements seriously.

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america lover — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Too bad Ohio and RI didn't see the writing on the wall. They got it ALL backwords. What people see as Barack Obama's weakness, is actually a strength, and what people see as a strength with HRC is actually weakness. HRC has no power but playing on the weak. Obama is the true FIGHTER and the candidate with the TRUE strengths at bringing this country together.

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Kathryn in Bham — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:20:09 GMT

I truly believe that Obama is the perfect representation of a generation focused on public relations and perception. We all know that perception is what dictates people's sense of reality...he is a master at deceptive perception - a master at the art of public relations/communications. I see the advertisements and I hear the propoganda...but I don't see the goods...

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Mike, Ohio — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:21:06 GMT

Archivists Block Release of Clinton Papers

Clinton Presidential Library Archivists are Blocking Release of White House Papers

By PETER EISLER

LITTLE ROCK -- March 7, 2008 —

Federal archivists at the Clinton Presidential Library are blocking the release of hundreds of pages of White House papers on pardons that the former president approved, including clemency for fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich.

That archivists' decision, based on guidance provided by Bill Clinton that restricts the disclosure of advice he received from aides, prevents public scrutiny of documents that would shed light on how he decided which pardons to approve from among hundreds of requests.

Clinton's legal agent declined the option of reviewing and releasing the documents that were withheld, said the archivists, who work for the federal government, not the Clintons.

The decision to withhold much of the requested material could provide fodder for critics who say that the former president and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, now seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, have been unwilling to fully release documents to public scrutiny.

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Joanna, LA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:21:17 GMT

I will not vote for Clinton if she is the nominee.
I second all the people who don't like her style of politics.

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Charles Cecil, Tempe AZ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:21:19 GMT

Clintoon: “We don’t need more George Bush secrecy in the White House.”

Typical liberals. Blame it on the Republicans.

The Democrat race to the bottom is going full speed ahead. Both of these candidates, Clinton and Obama are the two biggest dirt bags in politics.

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mike, Ky — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:21:26 GMT

Its all about the Clintons keeping the little stories going to keep the media from focasing on the the real news. My support is not about who has the best name calling but what I am worried about is poeple getting help. What does everyone think is going to happen. Even if sen.Clinton does backdoor her way to the whitehouse what then. All I hear is she is going to chang all these great things for the poor poeple. Wake up the only way to get these policies she wants into law is through the senate and congress, did you forget about them. The rupublicans dislike the clintons and the democrates she steps on to get to the whitehouse will not support her so how exactly is she going to get the policies through without unity of the parties, not going to happen ask George Bush. So we have another 4 years of nothing.

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Jenny — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:21:39 GMT

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Brian — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:21:40 GMT

Welcome to the adult table, Barack. You've been handled with kid gloves for too long now. Time to wipe your nose, quit crying and act like a big boy. Your supporters won't be able to see it, (they can't see anything but the glow you emit) but Hillary has been getting the bad press for months now, you've had it for one week. Let's see what you're made of.

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New Wave — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:21:40 GMT

When will Clinton return $170,000 contribution to the company that sexually harassed women. So much for standing for women.

This was reported by FirstRead:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718538.aspx

Also,why the MSM not reporting the news that it was Clinton's campaign that really had the NAFTA-gate issue ater all they reported against Obama on that.

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Michelle CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:22:10 GMT

?THIS IS TRUE - THEY ACT AS IF THEY ARE BETTER AND THE TRUTH IS THEY ARE LYING

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New Wave — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:22:36 GMT

Say No to Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton !!!

USA is not a monarchy.

Go Obama '08.

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Patrice E — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:23:01 GMT

Hillary Camp,

Evil never wins. What you put out into the world that is bad, will come back to you even harder. She will get her just rewards in due time.

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K"Hussein"J, Dallas, TX — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:24:07 GMT

I am so happy to be a supporter of Sen. Obama. What a classy man with an equally classy campaign. Sen. Obama isn't desperate, he doesn't have to be- he's LEADING! But, he is pointing out FACTS that seem to be lost by the MSM. She has to be held accountable like everyone else. It doesn't matter how you try to spin it, Sen. Obama WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, so deal with it.

OBAMA, 2008!

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Dazed and Confused — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:24:30 GMT

I can't decide what's more comical: Obama's complete inability to take a little heat, or his whining supporters' inability to do so.

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Charles, California — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:24:42 GMT

Patty,
Thanks for all the laughs. I presume you're trying to be funny.

Obama (as well as I'm guessing all of his supporters) could smack you silly in any intelligence test you chose, with all of our synapses tied behind our backs.

You're right, I'm sure he's not smart enough. Again, thanks for the chuckles. At the last one, I laughed out loud.

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Aaron, RI — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:24:43 GMT

Desperate? You must be delusional John, check the delegate math. This is about calling out the Clintons and their slimeball tactics. The Clintons and their supporters want eveything both ways. They'll punch you bellow the belt, but whine any time they're questioned about anything.

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Matt, SF — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:25:00 GMT

Ok two things first Obama is not desperate seeing that he has for the most part wrapped up the pledged delegate lead. Second, he has a clearly stated withdrawal plan that is somewhat similar to Hillary's although more specific. He has long stated that his goal is to be out within 16 months but has clearly stated that the realities of the situation right now would only afford withdrawal of one to two batallions a month. Now that assessment is based on current conditions and this war is a fluid process. The bottom line is that the president is not and should not be the king making his/her decisions solidarity. Hillary and Obama regardless of who wins would have to sit down with the intelligence of the time and prepare and exit strategy based on that. what both candidates have laid out is a clear plan based on best case scenario options to get out of Iraq. Both candidates are committed (ok at least obama is) to ending this Iraq war mess. He wants to be "as careful getting out as unprepared we were getting in".

Hillary's people like to live by double standards. She can personally attack Obama and even defend McCain but if anything is said about her she becomes the victim. How exactly is asking for her tax returns a personal "Ken Starr" like attack? And why isn't Wolfson held to the same level of scrutiny as Powers?

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PDx for Hillary — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:25:09 GMT

Obama Camp,

Evil never wins. What you put out into the world that is bad, will come back to you even harder. She will get her just rewards in due time.

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Marbw — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:25:22 GMT

MS-- The Jackson Free Press
enthusiastically endorses Barack Obama for the Mississippi Democratic primary on March 11. We believe strongly that Obama brings the change and enthusiasm that Mississippians, and Americans, desire in order that we might find unity as a nation after a long period of very partisan leadership from both major parties. We admire Obama's ability to get younger voters, as well as non-white voters, excited about turning out to vote. That, added to his remarkable appeal to white voters, including many Republicans, can mean the kind of leadership many Americans, and Mississippians, crave.

Perhaps most of all, we admire Obama's willingness to stand up for what he believes, particularly his stance against a poorly executed war in Iraq, in which many Mississippians lost family members. And we feel secure that he is ready to take the presidency after eight years of George W. Bush and turn the country in the right direction toward fiscal responsibility and renewed hope for the future.

Obama is bringing excitement, and hope, back to politics for many people who had lost it. The Jackson Free Press encourages all eligible voters to vote for Barack Obama in Tuesday's primary election.

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/comments.php?id=16478_0_27_0_C

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VAPete — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:25:43 GMT

Hillary has a biased and deceitful media machine working on her behalf. What's worse is that she and her campaign managers are liars and have no class.

In the 25 years that I have followed democratic politics never did I see a candidate like Hillary stoop so low in terms against a party opponent as Hillary has.

Hillary continually shows no respect for Barack. She smiles in his face in person and offers glowing comments about his character and then turns around and calls him an unfit liar who is worst than the opposing party's nominee.

Hillary is classless and I wish ruin on her political career from here forward.

Minorities, please join me in boycotting Hillary "Republican" Clinton.

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Garrett, Seattle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:27:11 GMT

this is a good article about the huge mess the dems are getting into right now...this primary needs to be settled ASAP!: http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=ba30ff16-a5af-4035-a883-cf15ffee406c

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Marbw — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:28:56 GMT

**** March 8(this Saturday):
Wyoming (D)

http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/election.htm
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/wyhome
http://www.wyomingdemocrats.com/ht/d/Home/pid/273340

When should I arrive at the caucus?
Please arrive at your caucus location at least 30 minutes prior to your caucus start time. Only voters in line when the caucus convention is called to order are allowed to participate.

**** March 11:
Mississippi

http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/elections.asp
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/mshome

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:29:09 GMT

. Why not more coverage of the possibility of "voter" fraud in Ohio with many republicans admitting they voted for Clinton as weaker candidate against McCain.
2. In polls reflecting percentages for Clinton vs Mcain nationally, make sure they reflect the STRONG inevitability that they cannot include the majority of the BLACK vote that she will lose if this nomination is stolen from Obama.
Geneva Foster, Hercules, CA (Sent Friday, March 07, 2008 4:18 PM)

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ummm its not fraud.Its call an open election.

I talked about this before Republicans messing with the democrats primaries and people taught I was crazy or making excuse for Clinton losing.Now that it affected Obama all of the sudden its fraud.I didn't see you people call it fraud when VA republicans voted for Obama just to mess with Clinton.I know it happened in VA because I know people that did it.

CLinton 08

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mss — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:29:26 GMT

Just usual clintons thinking americans are stupid. We can talk about you but it wrong to talk about us . what she does is keep the media talking about these things and hope they forget about like Naftagate, Peter Paul, tax returns, pardons, white house records, filegate, whitewater, travelgate, etc!!!!!! and the fact that her campain says if you not from a state they have won that your state is a not important state to her so everyone out there from these states need to keep this in mind. maybe a media outlet other than the NY Times will step up and report some of these issues instead of hidding behind blogs. The media has a fear of the Clintons today alone they had 4 clips of sen. Clintons team on the campain trail 5 segments of positive Clinton outlooks 4 Guest on there talk shows all clinton supporters. and 2 small peices on Sen. Obama imparcial coverage no cowardly coverage.

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JL1432, SD,CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:29:51 GMT

The point is Hillary is not electable. If she were to win the nomination, there is no way I would vote for her. Obama vs. McCain is a difficult decision for me but Hillary put my vote for McCain. It is as simple as that!

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:29:51 GMT

Which one of you guys is Patty?
Billy S, Seattle, WA (Sent Friday, March 07, 2008 4:16 PM)

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say what?

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New Wave — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:29:59 GMT

BTW Patty, are you the same Patty that was fired as Clinton's campaign manager?

You sound very much like a campaign insider.

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evie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:30:06 GMT

Well at least the Clinton supporters, few that they are, have found a home at First Read. I was concerned that they only had Taylor Marsh and mydd to cling to.

I have confidence Change and Optimism will win over Gutter Politics and Bitterness. But good luck to you and your bitterness!

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NO Bama — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:32:38 GMT

Oh yeah it was Hillary Clintons campaign that told the Canadian government not to take her statements seriously

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Please stop spreading lies.

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Eloise, Clearwater, Fl — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:33:28 GMT

Hillary Clinton is worst than a MONSTER...Hillary Clinton is a SELF ABSORBED MONSTER, and ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

Clinton campaign backers need to be asking Howard Wolfson to step down for his comments.

Samantha Power told the truth...and she did the right thing...she took the high road...maybe Hillary Clinton will learn how to be as special as this lady is.

Samantha Power...your greatness will be remembered and you will live to play in this game another day...May God Always Bless You. Just remember that Barack Obama will live out the purpose that God created him for. Our Lord Jesus Christ walks with him.

We are bound in a battle of Good (Barack Obama) vs. Evil (Hillary Clinton). We will stand with Barack to the end either directly or indirectly. The Bible tells of that EVIL will not win.

This is the United States and already Hillary Clinton and her clowns have started to restrict our rights to speech free.

People wakeup...Evil will not prevail.

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Sick of corruption, sick of the Clintons — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:33:31 GMT

On the subject of intelligence, Patty in San Diego:

The idiot Obama finished number 1 in his law class at Harvard, and was given the prestigious honor of editing the Harvard Law Review.

The genius Hillary failed the bar twice.

Your turn!

Obama in 2008. Integrity matters and the Clintons have none.

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Diane from Illinois — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:33:33 GMT

Patty, sd,ca: Ummmmmmmmmm, YOU'RE the one not so bright! Your blogs are becoming more meaningless as the days go by. If you have nothing intelligent to say, stay in your room and finger paint.

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The American People — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:33:36 GMT

Obama's camp is not desperate. How can that be? He's got a statistically insurmountable lead in pledged delegates, has gained supers as "Hilldog" has lost them, and has only to simply defend himself from her baseless, false, and, frankly, juvenile, kitchen sink campaign tactics. I find it fascinating, and slightly disheartening, that her supporters follow her so blindly that they can not see that, if she has to, she will tear this party to shreds to have a chance at this nomination, she wants it for herself.

I for one, would rather not put a power hungry, nearly bi-polar sociopath into office.

Obama all the way, he MUST be our next President

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Pat Huntington NY — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:33:37 GMT

Calling someone a monster is a direct insult to them as a person. Making reference to prior drug use is merely referring to a fact of someone's past. Very different stuff.

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VAPete — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:34:17 GMT

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chris, birmingham — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:34:48 GMT

Why is anyone supporting either one of these thieves? They have both stated that they want to and will make sure to raise taxes as soon as they take the oath of office. Hasn't the middle class taken enough of a beating with gas prices and inflation without the gov stealing more of our paychecks.

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trouble — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:34:55 GMT

Hillary Clinton unscrupulously switches between victim and barracuda with machine-like efficiency and the press eats it up. They love that quality politics of personal destruction that only the Clinton brand can deliver. That's why outrageous attacks get reported within seconds and the truth (like NAFTAgate) gets ignored.

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Robert Fayetteville,Ar. — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:35:16 GMT

Bravo! The Clinton camp has manipulated perceptions continually and it's time to start getting the truth out there. They have gotten away with " We make all the rules here and it's so because we say it's so."long enough. The fighter/victim routine is worn pretty thin.

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Eloise, Clearwater, FL — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:35:32 GMT

Clinton's Backers Should Ask Her To Step Down

This why....

"Hillary Clinton lied to the voters in the Washington Post in Aug 2000, she vowed not to accept money from Peter Paul and that Peter Paul gave no money for her Gala- (she then had her finance director fax Mr. Paul on her letterhead a demand for another $100,000! She filed 3 FALSE FEC reports that denied the public's right to know Mr. Paul was really her largest donor- she filed a 4th false report AFTER the Rosen trial - January 30, 2006 - when his prosecutor said it was a felony to deny the public's right to know Mr. Paul; gave over $1.2 million to Hillary's campaign."

These backers will support a liar and cheat (Hillary Clinton) but, they want Ms. Power to step down for speaking the truth and exercising a right given to us as Americans.

I do not know whether this is sad or just plain SICK.

Hillary Clintons needs to step down and the DNC needs to tell her to.

Hillary Clinton is worst than a MONSTER...Hillary Clinton is a SELF ABSORBED MONSTER, and ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

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Dr. Phil, CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:36:12 GMT

These posts are entertaining...as a therapist, I see many of you are in need of some real help. I also suspect you need some serious meds. Do yourselves all a favor, and get professional help.

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JohnnyU, WA State — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:36:17 GMT

Kathryn in Bham said: (about Barack) "I see the advertisements and I hear the propoganda...but I don't see the goods" .......Then you're not looking!....his accomplishments are astounding, his choice to forsake wall street (as a young lawyer) to help the jobless in Chicago speaks very well. He taught Constitutional Law and respects the Constitution of the United States of America. The shear volume of work he has done in the Senate is very impressive. As one example, his bill to keep lead out of children's toys went considerably farther than Senator Clinton's and risked angering manufacturers, Hillary's fell well short but was "safe" for her political well being. It goes on & on for anyone who WANTS to see it.

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Meena, Burbank, CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:37:19 GMT

You know the truth is the Clintons have been saying these types of things about Obama from day one. What Obama needs to do is hit her and hit her hard. If he continues to sit back he will loose the presidency. I would LOVE for her to get hit and get hit hard. OBAMA 08!

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:37:31 GMT

Obama all the way, he MUST be our next President
The American People (Sent Friday, March 07, 2008 4:33 PM)

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MUST? who dies and made you the boss?

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Jenny — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:37:51 GMT

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Blake, Denver, CO — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:38:01 GMT

Samantha Powers wasn't even a paid adviser, I hope its legal for him to take her advice, she really is a brilliant person.

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Eloise, Clearwater, FL — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:39:06 GMT

Yes...There Are Different for the Hillary Clinton...ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

Looks like Barack will win Texas after all, thanks to the Texas caucuses. Where's the Press on this?
http://infogiant.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/hillary-wins-texas-oh-waitno-she-didnt/

Looks like Hillary was responsible for the Canadian/Nafa debaucle after all. Where's the Press on this? Click on the word "round-up"
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/the-truth-about.html

What's all this nonsense about Rezko, which has been explained and fact-checked. Rezko's current legal troubles have nothing to do with Barack, but the media keeps harping on it. On the other hand, the Clinton's have an upcoming lawsuit regarding campaign funds fraud, and yet no coverage in the media on this. Where's the outrage?
http://www.peterfpaul.com/2008/03/05/media-protects-hillarys-role-in-bill-clintons-civil-fraud-case-in-los-angeles/

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REG; East Valley Phx. AZ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:39:40 GMT

All of the candidates are and are going to become even more aggressive in attacking each other’s credentials. The funny thing is that when you discount time on the job without meaningful results as being simply of minimal importance, then not one of them has a whole lot to brag about. Maybe that is why they aggressively attack their opponents’ records and only make abstract and questionable references to their own credits. We also are now going to see a lot of nonsense, ‘Swift boat’ style, with well funded, pseudo-independent 501/527 groups attempting to coerce public opinion for/against individual candidates and the only truth you can know for sure about them is that they are totally biased and lack any conscience. Then the candidates themselves have said and will continue to say a lot about what they will/won’t do, what their opponents will/won’t do and what that means to particular groups of voters, all without any factual checks being available until after the fact. Everything, all of this, is being aimed at literally manipulating public opinion and creating voters’ loyalty. It would seem that possibly the best we can do is close our eyes and ears to all of the smoke-screens and maybe just throw a dart at a list to make our selection.
That doesn’t seem very realistic and from the recent past we can vividly see the real problem with allowing the manipulation to occur, so what can we do? Personally I agree with the majority of voters in that we need significant change, change from the current direction and change from politics as usual, to see our representatives become honestly and conscientiously focused on real benefit for the average American and not just for Special Interests who then return benefit to the policy makers. How can we confidently see through all of the deception and subterfuge mentioned to influence that to happen? As I see it there is actually only one way and that is to be disciplined to put our own biases aside, to thereby avoid being manipulated and to then objectively determine who we think really has the character to do the job. Who actually has the required honesty, integrity, compassion, strength and humility (yes humility, which is required and important to not alienate and rather to encourage needed cooperation)? If we each can have the conviction to do that, to be factually objective in our choice, then I think the result will benefit America.

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Let thinks about a president — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:39:44 GMT

Once in a lifetime someone comes along and challenges the status quo through thoughtful intelligence. Once in a lifetime someone comes along that speaks with such eloquence other are forced to listen. Once in a lifetime someone comes along who truly cares to empower the average American, instead of placate the privileged few. Once in a lifetime someone comes along that has the courage to challenge the special interest , a dangerous thing to do. Once in a lifetime someone comes along who lifts the spirit of all Americans! The question is: are you really going to let this-- once in a lifetime-- opportunity --to correct our bought and paid for governments (by special interest)--pass you by?

This does not describe Hillary Clinton or Mc Cain

Think about it.

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Mark Thieme — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:39:57 GMT

I want to salute Samantha Powers.

Now there is a strong, courageous, intelligent woman.

The kind of woman Hillary once was.

Thank you Samantha for saying out loud what everybody knows "off the record" (BTW:why?).

Hillary.com, et al, is a true Wehrmacht, a ruthless war machine devouring any and all in its way.

Your saying the word uncovers the mask, Samantha.

Hillary has become a Monster.

In the long haul, this will help Obama if the American people can feel the rumble of tanks already on the street...

Anyone who cares this hubristic and cold can only outdo Bush/Cheney/Rove if she ever rises from the ashes of her own moral implosion to lead anything or anybody again.

Samantha, you have my vote!

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:40:15 GMT

I can't decide what's more comical: Obama's complete inability to take a little heat, or his whining supporters' inability to do so.
Dazed and Confused (Sent Friday, March 07, 2008 4:24 PM)

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Obama is alittle brat that has a bunch of college kids following him around like groupies. To be President, it takes more than inspiring a bunch of college kids.

If Obama can't take the heat then he should get out of the kitchen

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Michael D — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:40:18 GMT

I'm looking forward to Saturday and Tuesday, two states that will give Obama back his momentum.

As for last Tuesday, he won more delegates than Clinton in Texas, so things look even better.

The way things are going now, he simply has to win the states he's expected to win, the get 100 or so more super delegates onboard to seal the deal. Should be no problem.

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Maureen O'Connor, Denver, Colorado — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:40:21 GMT

Go Gore - I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. I did before and I will again. He would be the best president EVER!!!!

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Go home Obama — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:40:24 GMT

Hopefully the more time we spend listening to Obammy the more he will show he has no experience when it comes to dealing with real problems. Heck even when it's just a vote in the ILL goverment he couldn't say yea or nae.

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L.Cunningham, Waitsburg, WA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:40:49 GMT

HRC has, from what I can gather has no "real" first-hand experience. As she said on the election trail; voting for her is voting for an ex-presdent. The American experience with Hillary during this election is that she will do anything to win including play the media bias card, the sexism card, the race card, the super-negative destroy Obamas' image at any cost card, and the to hell with the possible damage to the democratic party in november card. I think if the media were really un-biased, she would not be in the race once the mountain of evidence documenting that she actually as little experience in world matters were revealed. She is only riding on the coat tail of Bills' experience. I don't want a President who would do anything to win. Especially if it hurts the reputation and political hopes of a fellow Democratic or a Republican candidate. As an American, I am so tired of the political BS. This nation is in deep trouble no matter what the subject and Hillary is not the person to mend this nation. The RNC of course is playing her like a fiddle and succeeding in damaging the chances of Obama being in a position of streangth in the November contest with Mccain. If everyone plays by the rules, the person with the most delegates, popular vote,and and popularity with the democratic base will be the Democratic nominee and the next president of the country.

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C A, Tuscaloosa, AL — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:41:48 GMT

Hillary, "You" have nothing to say on this issue.

"YOU" voted to give Bush approval to invade Iraq and to get us in this mess in the first place.

Therefore, "YOU" should be held just as accountable for the deaths of thousands of Amercians and Iraqis as GWB.

And therefore "YOU" should not even be considered as a viable candidate for the President of the United States.

As goes Bush so goes McCain. As goes McCain so goes Hillary.

Obama, start running TV Ads showing a picture of wounded Amercian troopers coming home from Iraq with Hillary's face superimposed on the same picture with the statement added below - Hillary Voted For This War.

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VAPete — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:41:49 GMT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/breaking-the-final-rule_b_90420.html?view=print

Gary Hart

Breaking the Final Rule
Posted March 7, 2008 | 12:45 PM (EST)

It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. Most of those rules are unwritten and are based on common understandings, acceptable practices, and the best interest of the political party a candidate seeks to lead. One of those rules is this: Do not provide ammunition to the opposition party that can be used to destroy your party's nominee. This is a hyper-truth where the presidential contest is concerned.

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By saying that only she and John McCain are qualified to lead the country, particularly in times of crisis, Hillary Clinton has broken that rule, severely damaged the Democratic candidate who may well be the party's nominee, and, perhaps most ominously, revealed the unlimited lengths to which she will go to achieve power. She has essentially said that the Democratic party deserves to lose unless it nominates her.

As a veteran of red telephone ads and "where's the beef" cleverness, I am keenly aware that sharp elbows get thrown by those trailing in the fourth quarter (and sometimes even earlier). "Politics ain't beanbag," is the old slogan. But that does not mean that it must also be rule-or-ruin, me-first-and-only-me, my way or the highway. That is not politics. That is raw, unrestrained ambition for power that cannot accept the will of the voters.

Senator Obama is right to say the issue is judgment not years in Washington. If Mrs. Clinton loses the nomination, her failure will be traced to the date she voted to empower George W. Bush to invade Iraq. That is not the kind of judgment, or wisdom, required by the leader answering the phone in the night. For her now to claim that Senator Obama is not qualified to answer the crisis phone is the height of irony if not chutzpah, and calls into question whether her primary loyalty is to the Democratic party and the nation or to her own ambition.

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:41:56 GMT

Samantha Powers wasn't even a paid adviser, I hope its legal for him to take her advice, she really is a brilliant person.
Blake, Denver, CO (Sent Friday, March 07, 2008 4:38 PM)

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Maybe she was just mad that she was't getting paid.

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Sierra, SF — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:41:58 GMT

Stop complaining and get AGRESSIVE with her
Especially in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida

Run ads about her 'baggage', Whitewater, FileGate, Monica, Travel Gate, NAFTA, fund raising scandals, Norman Hus, Peter Paul......
Ask the voters if they want 4 years of THAT

Run ads about her support of the Iraq War.....
REMIND people that she VOTED FOR WAR
REMIND people that she VOTED FOR WAR AGAINST IRAN
Tell people that her closest foreign policy advisors all all hawk who want to get us into more wars

GO FOR IT !!

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Eloise, Clearwater, FL — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:42:25 GMT

Hillary Clinton...She is a
Slanghter...Liar...Evil...Twisted...Bully...Dirty with Scandal...

The real Hillary Clinton stood up at the Democratic presidential debate this week: angry, sarcastic, stubborn, secretive, arrogant, mired in the past, victim of the media, and still firmly convinced that she is uniquely entitled to the Democratic Party nomination and the presidency.

That Hillary hasn't really been on display much since the debacle of her disastrous health care plan and the end of Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, when she haughtily flaunted her combative personality.

But make no mistake about it - that's the Hillary Clinton that we'll see if she somehow manages to steal the Democratic nomination.

She's found her voice. The one that so alienated everyone she came into contact with over her health care plan that her own party destroyed it. The one that publicly and loudly defended Bill and arranged for attacks on Monica Lewinsky when she knew the complete and sordid truth.

She's always had a chip on her shoulder and a strange paranoia, but it's definitely gotten worse. Now it's not just the vast right wing conspiracy that is out to get her. Now it's the mainstream media. How are they doing that? By asking her the first questions at the debates!

Hillary's snide comment about whether Barack needed a pillow to be made more comfortable was downright embarrassing. The anticipated applause line on her script never happened. The audience was silent. The press was amazed. And Barack seemed genuinely startled by her nuttiness - he looked over at her as if he was viewing a dotty old aunt at a family dinner, the one that everyone politely humors.

Her lifelong pattern of secrecy was once again evident. While publicly promoting transparency in government, she steadfastly refuses to release her personal income tax returns. That's a clear tip-off that there's something to hide. Recall that the Clintons selectively released tax returns in Arkansas, but refused to go back to 1980, when Hillary had her windfall in cattle futures.

During the debate, Hillary suggested that she'd release the returns "soon," but her staff quickly backtracked. She implied that she's been too busy to deal with releasing the returns. Does she really think anyone believes that it will take more than simply making a copy of the return? She's stalling and there's a reason for that.

Most likely, the return will show how much Bill has been making from his partnership with the Sheik of Dubai and his other business ventures. Should the spouse of a presidential candidate be in business with a foreign leader who needs favors from the U.S. government? Definitely not. That's why we'll never see those returns.

And then there are the Clinton Library records that document her schedule as first lady. She doesn't want them released either because they will definitively show that she was never the co-president. The Library has been stalling on the release of those documents for years. During the debate, she said that she wanted them released as quickly as possible and seemed to blame the Bush administration for the delay. But today, the White House indicated that she had made no requests for any expedited release.

The old Hillary, the real Hillary, is back.

And there's apparently been no one to stop her from acting on her own worse instincts.

Underneath the veneer of the practiced smile and the strategically used giggle, there is a rage that is always close to the surface. It was on display in the debate.

Hillary Clinton is furious that America has not agreed to her coronation. She doesn't understand why voters are rejecting her and embracing Barack Obama. She just doesn't get it.

Never one to engage in self reflection, she can't blame herself or even her incompetent strategists and advisers. They're too close to her. She can't accept the sorry fact that her campaign has been a disaster because it was based on the past and not the future, because it was premised on her phony experience and maintaining the status quo, and because her negative outlook is completely out of step with the mood of America. And finally, because in the positive message of Barack Obama, Americans see a stark contrast with her doom and gloom view of the world.

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Jack "Hussein" — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:42:41 GMT

bshult: Yeah, now that we've said, let's not say it any more! That's a lot like "So far as I know," isn't it?!?

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Eloise, Clearwater, FL — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:43:31 GMT

As the Tony Rezko trial begins in Chicago, Clinton and her surrogates are linking Obama to Rezko and the media is speculating about whether Obama will be called to testify as a witness in the case. Obama has always admitted he received $85,000 in contributions from Rezko which Obama has now donated to charity rather than keep.

Yet the civil fraud trial of Bill Clinton for defrauduing Hillary’s largest donor in 2000 into giving her campaign more than $1.2 million, pending in Los Angeles courts since 2003, is now preparing for a November, 2008 trial. The discovery that is now proceeding after a February 21 hearing, and the pending trial, have NEVER been announced by the mainstream media.

Hillary was able to extricate herself as a co-defendant in the case in January, 2008 after years of appeals to be protected by the First Amendment from tort claims arising out of federal campaign solicitations she made. Her abuse of the intent of California’s anti-SLAPP law after the California Supreme Court refused to dismiss her from the case in 2004 is emblematic of her contempt for the Rule of Law.

Hillary will be called as a witness in both discovery and the trial according to the trial court Judge who so-advised Hillary’s attorney David Kendall when he dismissed Hillary as a co-defendant in 2007. A subpoena is being prepared this month and will be served personally on Hillary, along with Chelsea, Pa Gov. Ed Rendell, Al Gore and other well known political and media figures.

Yet the media has refused to report about this landmark civil fraud case- brought by Hillary’s biggest 2000 donor to her Senate race, regarding allegations that were corroborated by the Department of Justice in the criminal trial of Hillary’s finance director David Rosen in May, 2005. That indictment and trial was credited as resulting from the civil suit’s allegations by Peter Paul, the Hollywood dot com millionaire Bill Clinton convinced to donate more than $1.2 million (according to the DOJ prosecutors and the FBI) to Hillary’s Senate campaign as part of a post White House business deal with Bill.

The media - except for World Net Daily- has also suspiciously refused to report on Hillary’s last FEC report regarding her 2000 Senate campaign, filed in January 30, 2006. In a secret settlement of an FEC complaint by the plaintiff in Paul v Clinton, Peter Paul, the FEC fined Hillary’s campaign $35,000 for hiding more than $720,000 in donations from Paul, and it required Hillary’s campaign to file a 4th amended FEC report.

In that report Hillary and her campaign again hid Paul’s $1.2 million contribution to her campaign and falsely attributed $250,000 as being donated by Paul’s partner, Spider Man creator Stan Lee, who swore in a video taped deposition he never gave Hillary or her campaign any money.

Lee did testify to trading $100,000 checks with Paul to make it appear he gave $100,000 to Hillary’s campaign (admission of a felony) but none of that has been reported by the “overly critical” media!

Where is the outrage from Obama that the press is engaging in a double standard relating to his possible role in the Rezko trial and his refunding the $85,000 contributed to his campaign by Rezko- which Obama has always admitted taking. The media makes no mention of Hillary’s role as a witness in Bill’s fraud trial for defrauding Hillary’s largest donor- and Hillary’s refusal to refund the $1.2 million she illegally received from Paul, which she has denied taking from Paul ever since the Washington Post asked her about Paul and his felony convictions from the 1970’s before her first Senate election in 2000?

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CJ — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:43:51 GMT

It's nice to hear this but I want to see Obama take a podium and talk about this. This guy is hitting the right notes..but it's still a weak response. Obama come out and speak!

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patty,sd,ca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:45:41 GMT

Obama in 2008. Integrity matters and the Clintons have none.

Sick of corruption, sick of the Clintons (Sent Friday, March 07, 2008 4:33 PM)

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Integrity?

Obama wouldn't know about integrity if it hit him on the face.

One word for you Rezko

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Don, Mason, Texas — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:45:48 GMT

If Hillary Clinton is trumpeting her experience honestly, here's what she should say:

SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON’S 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

3 years

Practicing attorney, community activist

14 years

Campaigning for Bill Clinton: 3 gubernatorial campaigns and 2 Presidential campaigns. Leading 2 of her own Senatorial campaigns. Two years per campaign.

12 years

First Lady, with no responsibility and no authority. 8 years as First Lady of Arkansas and 8 years as First Lady of the U.S. The 16 years as First Lady have been adjusted down six years due to overlap of campaigning experience while First Lady.

6 years

U.S. Senator of New York. Adjusted 2 years for campaigning for second term while in office.

That makes:

40%

Experience campaigning

34%

Experience in an honorary position with no authority nor responsibility

17%

Experience as a U.S. Senator

9 %

Experience as practicing attorney, community activist

Hillary Clinton’s adult experience has been spent primarily campaigning and holding honorary positions.

Obama camp: 'different standard'

DD Fremont CA — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:46:50 GMT

Words cannot express the contempt I hold for Hillary Clinton and her campaign. They referred to their current tactics as the "kitchen sink" strategy, but they appear to have originated different porcelain fixture in a different room of the house. Why isn't anyone on MSNBC except Keith Olbermann calling her out on this nonsense?

Obama camp: 'different standard'

ya know — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:47:06 GMT

Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.

The federal government has accused the Illinois management consulting firm, International Profit Associates, or IPA, of a brazen pattern of sexual harassment including "sexual assaults," "degrading anti-female language" and "obscene suggestions."

In a 2001 lawsuit full of lurid details, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims that 103 women employees at IPA were victimized for years. The civil case is ongoing, and IPA vigorously denies the allegations.

"This is by far, hands down, the worst case I've ever experienced," said Diane Smason, one of the EEOC lawyers handling the lawsuit. "Every woman there experienced sex harassment, they were part of a hostile work environment of sex harassment. And this occurred from the top down."

Sen. Clinton's spokesman, Howard Wolfson, told NBC News in a statement that the senator decided to keep the funds because the lawsuit is "ongoing" and because none of the sexual harassment allegations has been proven in court.

"With regard to the pending harassment suit, as a general matter, the campaign assesses findings of fact in deciding whether to return contributions," Wolfson said.

Obama camp: 'different standard'

John — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:47:13 GMT

Obama really needs to get out of the race. He is becoming an embarasment to the democratic party -not to mention just plain dividing it. I'd say he is a self proclaimed "unifier" because obviously that isn't going to happen.

Obama camp: 'different standard'

Joy, NY, NY — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:48:50 GMT

Obama & Gore Ticket!

Watch out!

Obama 08