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Time for a Ceasefire with the Clinton Camp
baldwinparkdemocrat.blogspot.c… — Why a ceasefire with the Clinton Camp seems like the right idea at this time.
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- thirdcoastborn, on 05/08/2008, -0/+6I'd have to agree.
- gsxrjason, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2We're scared that if we take our eye off of Hillary she will pop up like the bad guy in the horror movie after he's been shot 3 times but not in the head yet. She just won't go away.
- rentmitchum, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Yes, we must cut the head off and stuff the sockets and mouth with cloves of garlic. Then we will ceasefire. Some regeneration capabilities are feared as well, so bust out the alchemist's fire.
- diggeradoo, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7As soon as she quickly and gracefully withdraws, I agree. As long as she is still playing dirty, no matter how subtle, then she deserves the attention that she is asking for.
Just this week, her campaign had restated strong support for ties to India where Hillary was said to be 'at the forefront in defending free trade and outsourcing."
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Hillary_in_favou ...
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Hillary_forefron ...
Just this week she and her campaign have started talking about "winning the white vote", or more the more subtly phrased "blue collar workers" in a shameless pander to the electorate in West Virginia and Kentucky.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/WHITE_PEOPLE_ALL ...
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Clinton_s_Race_B ...
Whether we like it or not, she's still "in it to win it". - kdawg1012, on 05/08/2008, -0/+4Understand diggeradoo. The possibility that this is a scam on her part worried me some. But I think we'll gain more than lose if we go the high road until such time as she proves us wrong or comes out attacking Obama.
- diggeradoo, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2I'm glad that Obama is taking the high road, and he should. It makes me proud that I voted for him in the PA primary. And, if you take the high road with him, then that's great.
For me? I'm an unapologetic cynic when it comes to the Clintons, and I recognize that. I think Hillary is still in this for herself,
1) stay in hoping that Obama somehow magically implodes so she can win
2) play some kind of backroom hanky panky to steal the nomination or a VP slot
3) damage Obama enough to make him lose, then she can re-run in 2012 against McCain
4) raise enough cash in the next month to pay herself back the $11M she loaned
None of those helps Obama or the Dem party in November. You can take the pro-Obama, anti-McCain, anti-Republican spot. Until Hillary concedes, I'll stay on her and watch Obama's back.
- diggeradoo, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2I'm glad that Obama is taking the high road, and he should. It makes me proud that I voted for him in the PA primary. And, if you take the high road with him, then that's great.
- jforjools, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7I agree that we should keep the tone as civil as possible. But Hillary has not bowed out. Her current campaign message is 'middle-class white voters are for me and will never go to Obama.' (While they acknowledge that she has isues with black voters, she's "confidant" that those wounds can be healed.)
As long as Hillary is telling one single person that Obama can't win white working class votes (and the related arguments), she should not be given a free pass. She's in it til the end? Fine. Let's go to the end.
onetheless, we should keep our comments as 'clean' as possible. Obama's campaign has been amazing at being careful how he handles Hillary's supporters--who he recognizes that he will need this fall. We really do need to remain concious that we all need to be on the same team in a few more weeks. ...And that will be all the easier if Hillary stops attacking Obama--but I wouldn't expect that to happen until she's truly 'out' of the race.
The health of the party is larely in the hands of superdelegates right now. If enough of them came out, the nomination could be wrapped up and the healing could really begin. - redcolumbine, on 05/08/2008, -0/+4On the one hand, it's just inviting a backstab. On the other, how much more energy could she put into backstabbing us? She and her plausibly deniable lackeys been attacking full-tilt all along, she's broke, and so far her tactics haven't worked.
- goodnrg, on 05/08/2008, -0/+4If she was running a Huckabee-like campaign, I would agree, but as long as she continues to say things that are detrimental to the country and the party, she should be called out on it.
- inobla, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Someone please throw some water on her. Hillary deserves an onslaught of nasty but accurate criticism until she retires from politics all together! She's a lying pile of steaming fecal matter.
- l0k0, on 05/09/2008, -1/+1Fecal matter can imagine sniper fire?
- omnithought, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Surrender is her only option. She should have some decency and bow out as gracefully as she can, as she's completely destroying her chances in any future elections. She could have been remembered as the person who put her party and the country before her own political wants, but no, she's been a corrupt, underhanded bitch who will stop at nothing to gain power. I'm surprised her last name isn't Bush.
- jedmed, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1This excessive idealism within the Democratic party will bring about their demise. It renders them incapable of even formulating an effective policy position. This is why realistic independents will certainly vote for Obama, but will never endorse a Democratic ticket.
Hillary is dangerous. She will continue to be dangerous in both victory and defeat. You simply do not negotiate with terrorists. - bluevillage, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Let's just ignore her unless she does something outrageous and think of her continuing campaign as a dress rehearsal, identifying the weaknesses that Obama has to work on. That's the only value of a long campaign. The very fact that he has to go to these states now to campaign helps put his infrastructure in place.
- rentmitchum, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1I will ceasefire when she stops being a horrible fake person. It's ridiculously obvious and her supporters are likely just as two-faced and pandering as she is.
- AlbertSharpton, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0Hillary has been a race-baiter in this campaign.
Some examples are: the circus around Reverend Wright, the "Is Obama Black Enough" drivel (http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/22/ob ... and now her comments on "working, hard-working white males."
One thing I will always admire about Romney and Huckabee is that they were both able to exit the race with grace, dignity, and humility. I wouldn't expect someone to go down without a fight, but at this point she is disgracing herself, damaging Obama, weakening the democratic party, and polarizing well-meaning parts of the nation. And the worst part is, she hides behind the excuse that Republicans will give him worse if he is the party nominee. For shame Hillary, for shame.
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