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[chris1gill]

Obama also needs to DEMAND that that donations for the Library are released. Randi Rhodes was going nuts yesterday about this. Her whole theory is that the Republicans have all this crap on the Clintons about quid pro quos for the Library and they're just waiting for her to be made the nominee so they can hammer her with all of it.

For example-can you imagine the fun they'll have with this-and all I did was google it.



and this:



Both of these articles show Mrs Clinton prominently.

Fits, why don't you send this information to the Obama campaign, make sure they are aware... who knows your information just might make it out there!

 

[lilyv]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4428719&page=1

Quote from Clinton: "In an interview with ABC News affiliate WHTM, Clinton, D-N.Y. ignored calls from the Obama campaign to remove Ferraro from her campaign, saying, "Well, I don't agree with that and I think it's important that we try to stay focused on issues that matter to the American people"

(I would have been shocked if Clinton had decided to ask Ferraro to leave. The little hints about race are, unfortunately, helpful. I can only hope that there will come a time when the overwhelming majority of folks see Ferraro's offensive comments for what they are: Old race bating ways of politicking.)

 

[NewJersey]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4428719&page=1

Quote from Clinton: "In an interview with ABC News affiliate WHTM, Clinton, D-N.Y. ignored calls from the Obama campaign to remove Ferraro from her campaign, saying, "Well, I don't agree with that and I think it's important that we try to stay focused on issues that matter to the American people"

(I would have been shocked if Clinton had decided to ask Ferraro to leave. The little hints about race are, unfortunately, helpful. I can only hope that there will come a time when the overwhelming majority of folks see Ferraro's offensive comments for what they are: Old race bating ways of politicking.)

Color me shocked.


Did you hear Ferraro's response? She said basically whenever you question Obama, you are called racist.

 

[Hound 109]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4428719&page=1

Quote from Clinton: "In an interview with ABC News affiliate WHTM, Clinton, D-N.Y. ignored calls from the Obama campaign to remove Ferraro from her campaign, saying, "Well, I don't agree with that and I think it's important that we try to stay focused on issues that matter to the American people"

(I would have been shocked if Clinton had decided to ask Ferraro to leave. The little hints about race are, unfortunately, helpful. I can only hope that there will come a time when the overwhelming majority of folks see Ferraro's offensive comments for what they are: Old race bating ways of politicking.)

Ferraro's not a racist, she's just foolish or dumb as dirt.

Hound <------putting another muzzel on back order (one for Penn, one for Wolfson & now one for Ferraro...with a volume discount i might step up & get the "Silence of the Lambs" model).

 

[akhenaten]

Clinton disagrees with Ferraro on Obama

By PETER JACKSON, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 Democratic vice presidential candidate, for saying that Barack Obama "would not be in this position" if he were white instead of black.


In a brief interview with The Associated Press, Clinton said she regretted Ferraro's remarks. The Obama campaign has called on the New York senator to denounce the comments and remove Ferraro from her unpaid position with the campaign.

Last week, Ferraro told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.: "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

She also faulted a "very sexist media" in the historic race between a man bidding to be the first black president and a former first lady seeking to become the first female president.

In the AP interview, Clinton said, "I do not agree with that," and later added, "It's regrettable that any of our supporters — on both sides, because we both have this experience — say things that kind of veer off into the personal."

"We ought to keep this on the issues. There are differences between us" on approaches to issues such as health care and energy.

Ferraro is a former New York congresswoman and was Walter Mondale's running mate when he was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1984. She has endorsed Clinton and raised money for her campaign.

Obama called Ferraro's comments "patently absurd."

"I don't think Geraldine Ferraro's comments have any place in our politics or in the Democratic Party. They are divisive. I think anybody who understands the history of this country knows they are patently absurd," he told the Allentown Morning Call.

Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said Ferraro should be removed from her position with the Clinton campaign because of her comments.

"The bottom line is this, when you wink and nod at offensive statements, you're really sending a signal to your supporters that anything goes," Axelrod said in a conference call with reporters.

A defiant Ferraro dismissed the criticism in an interview with Fox News.

"I have to tell you that what I find is offensive is that everytime somebody says something about the campaign, you're accused of being racist."

She also said she was the vice presidential nominee 24 years ago because of her sex, saying if her name was "Gerard Ferraro" she wouldn't have been on the ballot.

The AP interview followed Clinton's appearance before an enthusiastic crowd of about 1,500 in the state capital.

On other subjects, Clinton described Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, as a tough adversary on national security but stopped short of saying McCain is better qualified than Obama to be commander in chief.

"I don't want to use those words. I think that voters will have to make that decision," she said.

Clinton said her eight years as first lady and seven years in the Senate give her the credentials to stand "toe to toe" against McCain in the general election.

"I think Senator McCain will do everything in his power as a candidate to make national security central to the fall election, so we'd better be prepared as Democrats to match that," she said.

Asked what foreign policy crisis had tested her and showed she possesses the skills to be commander in chief, she cited her advocacy for the peace process in Northern Ireland and her speech at the 1995 U.S. Conference on Women in Beijing defending human rights.

"To this day, I will have people stop me or come to see me who talk about that speech and what it meant to them and how it set sort of a framework for American foreign policy," she said.

Former officials in her husband's administration who were active in foreign policy have said Clinton is taking credit for accomplishing more than some recall during those years.Clinton declined to say whether she would accept an invitation to be Obama's running mate if he becomes the nominee. She recently hinted that she might welcome him as her running mate if she wins, but Obama ridiculed the idea.

"I'm not ruling anything in or out because I'm focused on winning the nomination," she said.

At the rally, Clinton said she has significant differences with Obama on key issues.

"Today my opponent is here in Pennsylvania talking about energy policy — I think specifically about wind energy — and that's great. Except in 2005, when we had a chance to say 'no' to Dick Cheney and his energy bill, my opponent said yes and voted for it," Clinton said to boos.

"All those tax subsidies and giveaways that have been used by the oil companies and others to retard the development of clean renewable energy ... I said no, and he said yes," she said.

 

[akhenaten]

Clinton said her eight years as first lady and seven years in the Senate give her the credentials to stand "toe to toe" against McCain in the general election.

"I think Senator McCain will do everything in his power as a candidate to make national security central to the fall election, so we'd better be prepared as Democrats to match that," she said.

Asked what foreign policy crisis had tested her and showed she possesses the skills to be commander in chief, she cited her advocacy for the peace process in Northern Ireland and her speech at the 1995 U.S. Conference on Women in Beijing defending human rights.

"To this day, I will have people stop me or come to see me who talk about that speech and what it meant to them and how it set sort of a framework for American foreign policy," she said.

Former officials in her husband's administration who were active in foreign policy have said Clinton is taking credit for accomplishing more than some recall during those years..

this drives me nuts!! so I want my surgeons wife to operate on me??

if she gets the nom. those former officials will be quoted in mccain ads, for sure!!!

 

[Reflection]

Color me shocked.


Did you hear Ferraro's response? She said basically whenever you question Obama, you are called racist.

She didn't bother to read the memo telling her that her 15 minutes were over a long time ago!

 

[NewJersey]

She didn't bother to read the memo telling her that her 15 minutes were over a long time ago!

Long time ago couldn't be stressed enough.

Great win by us tonight...they are saying we netted 7 more delegates than Hillary so our total delegate lead is going to be 130 after tonight. Time is ticking on Hillary.

 

[Reflection]

Clinton disagrees with Ferraro on Obama

By PETER JACKSON, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago ........

On other subjects, Clinton described Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, as a tough adversary on national security but stopped short of saying McCain is better qualified than Obama to be commander in chief.

"I don't want to use those words. I think that voters will have to make that decision," she said.

Clinton said her eight years as first lady and seven years in the Senate give her the credentials to stand "toe to toe" against McCain in the general election.

"I think Senator McCain will do everything in his power as a candidate to make national security central to the fall election, so we'd better be prepared as Democrats to match that," she said.

Asked what foreign policy crisis had tested her and showed she possesses the skills to be commander in chief, she cited her advocacy for the peace process in Northern Ireland and her speech at the 1995 U.S. Conference on Women in Beijing defending human rights ..............

I want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. Clinton can slam Obama for being capable of nothing better than speeches and rhetoric and lacking experience. However, her one speech (a speech, mind you not any particular subsequent policymaking she is responsible for) made over a decade ago is significant experience.

 

[crazyforgoofy]

Keith Olbermann will have a 'special comment' about the tactics of Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign tomorrow night on Countdown! Oh boy!

 

[Honu]

Keith Olbermann will have a 'special comment' about the tactics of Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign tomorrow night on Countdown! Oh boy!

I can't wait. Worse, Worser or Worst.

 

[NewJersey]

I can't wait. Worse, Worser or Worst.

Woohoo!


Is it weird that a staffer who called HRC a monster was immediately dismissed by the campaign yet for the 2nd day in a row, Ferraro said Barack is only there because he's black. Ferraro is a racist witch.

 

[NewJersey]

I want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. Clinton can slam Obama for being capable of nothing better than speeches and rhetoric and lacking experience. However, her one speech (a speech, mind you not any particular subsequent policymaking she is responsible for) made over a decade ago is significant experience.

Of course! Clintonian law of politics.

 

[Reflection]

Of course! Clintonian law of politics.

LOL. Can also be found under the defintion-- alternate reality.

 

[NewJersey]

LOL. Can also be found under the defintion-- alternate reality.

I guess that explains this from the MS exit polls:

Damage

Kos spots this stunner in the Mississippi exits:

Is Clinton honest and trustworthy? 52 Yes, 48 No

Obama's at 70-30. And this is among Democrats.

That's from Politico.

 

[Reflection]

Tim, take a gander at this comment from the HRC thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=23742489#post23742489

WTH?! confused3

 

[NewJersey]

Tim, take a gander at this comment from the HRC thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=23742489#post23742489

WTH?! confused3

Yeah, I don't even understand what that point is? What sort of bias is he talking about? Obama has won states that are essentially 90+% white.

 

[Honu]

Tim, take a gander at this comment from the HRC thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=23742489#post23742489

WTH?! confused3

I'd bet 90+% of the candidates I've voted for are white. I guess that makes me biased too.

 

[Reflection]

I'd bet 90+% of the candidates I've voted for are white. I guess that makes me biased too.

I'm black and I'd say the bulk of the candidates I've voted for over the years were white; I'm not going to even ask what that makes me. So I guess that will be part of the Republican dirty tactics campaign--people who vote for O'Bama are reverse racists.

 

[lilyv]

Keith Olbermann gets it!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
You can watch his comments-click on "Not just the content of Obama's character"

It's 10 minutes well spent. You'll get to hear Clinton lecturing, tying Obama to Cheney...Annoying, but good to know what her latest dishonest point is.

Olbermann wants to know why Ferraro isn't fired...and the reason is the Clintons are OK with with Ferraro's statements.

Olbermann comment of the night: This strategy (meaning the Clinton's) has disaster written all over it, or are we living in South Africa?

Olbermann is really fired up about the obvious racism.

His last comment: It just gets worse the more you look at it.