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- aussiejan, on 05/06/2008, -9/+74I don't understand how the public can so easily buy into this nonsense. This was like Bush, who evaded National Guard duty to get out of going to Vietnam, using Kerry's war heroism against him to win the election. Are people really this stupid? The species ***** Sapien is clearly devolving.
- 666dorado, on 05/06/2008, -5/+54unfortunately, yes, people are that ***** stupid.
- littlequeenie, on 05/06/2008, -3/+31it scares me that people buy into this. Those people who say the more "we" bash her, the stronger she becomes. Never mind how much the gas tax holiday - as if it would pass - would save people - it will cost over 300,000 road construction jobs!!! That figure comes from the economists who all criticize this plan - not one has come on board to support it. But she smugly states she doesn't care. She sounds more and more like Bush - this either you're with us or against us mentality.
- selmer, on 05/06/2008, -2/+20As the attacks ramp up, it becomes more and more clear that Clinton stands for status quo (albeit one without W), and Barack stands for a fairly large shift in policy and thinking. What is sad, and abundantly clear, is that Americans are fundamentally scared of change and that is why Clinton is gaining here at the end. It boggles the mind why Barack would not be the clear cut favorite, but this is all I could come up with. We talk about how we want things to be different, but when the time comes to make it happen, people get scared.
- RoroCo, on 05/06/2008, -3/+18Unfortunately - for the masses of this country - it is easier to listen to a talking head and agree with them vs actually looking at the facts and coming up with a personally stance. I hope the US gets its collective head out of its ass and start looking at the issues as problem we need to fix rather than attributes of someone's character.
Obama has my vote, because I believe he is looking to a real approach to fixing the problems we see today... The other candidates are selling ideas that are not backed with intent. I would rather sit at home playing Grand Theft Auto then put my vote toward those clowns. - jtdoty, on 05/06/2008, -8/+21True, Americans are addicted to sound bites. This time I hope that people do not allow the Clinton's to ramrod the Democratic party into throwing out the millions of new young voters that Barack Obama has brought into the equation. It was young people who first founded and formed our Government, to ignore them now will be a terrible mistake.
- inactive, on 05/06/2008, -9/+17You know when you have traveled as much as I have you realize that this country is infested with ignorant God fearing, anti-rational people who just want to follow and be told what to do.
It's a shame. - ScoobyG, on 05/06/2008, -1/+9From the article - people actually buy her BS:
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"Her work ethic and her working class roots really stuck to me," said Indianapolis Democratic voter Ken McGuffey. "Her determination to get where she wanted to get."
"Number one: She's brilliant," Pat McGuffey chimed in, in support.
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I hope the rest of Indiana's a bit smarter. - Gabberwok, on 05/06/2008, -1/+8It's not so much that people are buying into this as that people who buy into a populist message tend to have more trouble voting for someone who looks different than them than most other Democrats. So Hillary is giving them an excuse to vote for her, even though few probably believe what she's saying - it just gives them a reason not to vote for a black man.
- patpl22391, on 05/06/2008, -5/+12I don't care if either one is elitist. I don't care how much money they have earned, why is it bad they make a lot of money? What matters to me is what policy decisions they will make if one of them becomes president.
- dafragsta, on 05/06/2008, -0/+6THIS, and nothing in the Cracked article is why humanity scares me. How can this bitch pass herself off as working class AND a gun rights person. This is a flea-flicker taken straight from Karl Rove's playbook.
- SpudgeBoy, on 05/06/2008, -3/+9The truth does not an elitist make.
- ontain, on 05/06/2008, -1/+6actually no. it's uneducated white americans who she's winning on. 15% of whom still think Obama is a muslim.
- Kenzan, on 05/06/2008, -2/+7"Why don't we hold these Wall Street money brokers responsible for their role in the recession?" Clinton said Sunday in Indianapolis, before the state's primary on Tuesday."
What a hypocritical waste of humanity.Hillary is.
Madam, you simply have no honor.
Based on what I've read regarding the history of Obama, Hillary and McCain, it does not take a rocket scientist to see the choice is clear. THIS IS A NO BRAINER, PEOPLE! OPEN YOUR EYES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!
Sadly, I feel like my country is filled with idiots. - inactive, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4Now write an article about how Hillary the Republican has managed to package herself as a Democrat.
- petebot, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4Are We Not Men?
- 1gunners4, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4People confuse self-worth with arrogance; like the description says, Obama grew up in a rather tough situation and is now at the top of the world, figuratively and soon to be literally. Guess what? The guy has a right to be a little bit cocky about what he's accomplished. I sure as ***** would be.
- MrTito, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3Hillary's moved so far to the right that even ABC is bashing her now.
- darnit, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1728/fortune200 ...
- SpudgeBoy, on 05/06/2008, -1/+4Funny, I don't know one Democrat that supports Hillary. Can you tell me where they are. The were all for Edwards and now are for Obama. Stop believing what you hear on the news. *****, just read the anti-Hillary, pro Obama headlines right here for proof.
- NelsonR, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3Seek and you shall find the truth. This article is finally throwing out the mystique of a lying Hillary campaign slogan that Obama is the elitist. Hillary and Bill the Mega Millionaires, Chelsea their daughter making 160,000 on that corrupt street of immoral and unethical behavior, WALL STREET, you know where insider trading and thievery is rampant, while their partner the Commodities market is stealing from you while raising everything we, the average, use in our daily lives. Screw our elite, the media, politicians, financial institutions that are all the same with Hillary and Bill and Chelsea screwing you at every turn.
- bentl1, on 05/06/2008, -1/+4As understand it, the Obama suporters are praising him for being on food stamps and hating Hillary because she wasn't. It doesn't seem to matter to his supporters that in his "Mein Kampf" he states his raw, unambiguous hate for "whitey". What a great president he'll be ... he despises half the country (even his white supporters). The only question I have about his supporters is: are they simply ignorant of his deep hate for "whitey" or do they agree with his hate for "whitey"? If a white presidential candidate said the things about blacks that Obama said about whites, and actually put it in print, they're be rioters screaming for for his head. It's odd how a virulent racist is considered acceptable, so long as he is black. This guy is simply despicable, and only worthy of loathing by of any person with a shred of morality.
- SpudgeBoy, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3You got that right, he is just the best person running for president. It is weird that non-religious liberals would see anybody as a messiah.
- scamper22, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3Can we rename the summary to: "The Grand Illusion: Obama in a populist package"
This has got to be the most laughable line ever
"Obama, who grew up working-class with a single mother sometimes on food stamps an "elitist.""
sure sure...working class...right...
working class people don't attend private schools like Punahou School where tuition is 16k per year.
lol. relax folks. Neither Bush, Clinton, Obama, McCain is 'working class.'
They've all lived lives of privilege. It's a pity you have to keep trying to show Obama as somehow being from the streets and working his way up to be successful. - EntropyFan, on 05/06/2008, -1/+4What are you talking about? Washington was in his late 50's when elected as the first president. Adams was in his early 50's.
Christ, Franklin was in his 80's by that time.
And most of the founders of this country were their contemporaries.
Stop attempting to rewrite history just because the real version doesn't back what you want it to. - CrackyJSquirrel, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3Well, maybe its my bias being from Chicago, but I really am not banking on Indiana doing the right thing.. I just know I wont be surprised if she pulls out a win there... Stinkville, its all up to you, please dont ***** this up.
- SpudgeBoy, on 05/06/2008, -1/+4Yes, because it is best for people to not have an opinion or espouse said opinion. People should just shut up and let a computer pick their candidate based on hair color.
- minox, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3I think branding yourself as a populist is pretty much inherent to how the dems have been operating in recent history. You can't sit through one speech without hearing them talk about little Jimmy Baker whose house was repossessed, can't afford gas, has 8 toes, 1 leg, and a heart condition. These Dickensian speeches have been the bread and butter for supporters of government programs for years. They tell us about people who likely don't exist in order to convince us to give up even more of our pay check.
- diggB, on 05/06/2008, -1/+4First, abc's George Stephanopoulos asks Hillary why she can't name one economist to support her summer gas tax, and now abc.com has an article on showing why Hillary's populist message is hypocritical. Perhaps abc is trying to compensate for the blatantly biased debate they held? Just say'in.
- scooby007, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3Man, I'm so glad to see some mainstream skepticism surrounding Clinton. She's been caught lying so many times, it's hard to keep track. And the tax holiday is a very enlightening window into the type of president Obama or Clinton would be. Here we have Clinton trying to defend the tax holiday, despite ALL evidence to the contrary from all economists, senators, etc., Republican AND Democrat alike.. sound familiar? Reminds me of the last 8 years. Contrast that to Obama, who came out against it right off the bat.. AND turned out to be right. This happens to him a lot - turns out he made the right decision after all the dust settles - we need someone who can think on their toes AND have the right answer.
- fivefootfour, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2And the cycle continues...
- lolcoderer, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2We are DEVO!
- anoneng, on 05/06/2008, -2/+4Why in the hell do politicians fight to prove they are more middle class and mediocre than each other? Granted their ideas are pretty stupid, but still, don't we want an elitist running the country? Personally I want someone who knows they're better than me. A lot better, smarter, more handsome, more charismatic. I don't want someone who goes bowling on weekends and chases whiskey with beer. I'm good at that stuff, leave it to me. Let the elitists run the country. And quit kissing the lower class's ass, if they were so great, they'd be in the middle class or upper class.
- reddikilowatt, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Wow! The Onion just keeps getting funnier and funnier. Great satire.
Oh.
Never mind. - inactive, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2You do realize that the people from Swiftboat Veterans for Truth have already been exposed as being full of *****, right? Or have you been living in a cave for the last 3 years? Have you not noticed that "swiftboat" has entered the common vernacular as a verb meaning "a strong pejorative description of some kind of attack that the speaker considers unfair or untrue—for example, an ad hominem attack or a smear campaign"
- CrackyJSquirrel, on 05/06/2008, -1/+3You clearly failed..
- HillerMylife, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3And in the speech, she actually said "money-grubbers" before backpedalling when confronted. I mean, jeez, if you're going to trashtalk a group of people, at least have the balls to stand by your opinion.
It's pretty awkward to say, "Wall Street money brokers." - SpudgeBoy, on 05/06/2008, -1/+3When did you turn in your balls?
- Kenzan, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2I wonder how her broker on Wall Street who made her tens of millions of dollars feels about that.
- dizzythegreat, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Dugg for GTA.
...oh, yeah, and the whole...intelligence thing. That was cool too for a nice change. - Aleman360, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Let's just call this situation for what it is: if Obama looked like John Edwards, he would definitely be the nominee by now. Period. The only reason she's still in the race is because many people simply won't vote for him and have no other choice.
- Terr01, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2You mean, the people who--according to military records--didn't serve with him but lied that they did?
- topherbook, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2I was with you until that last sentence. The lower class are not less worthy of respect than the middle or upper classes.
- inactive, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2@ender
From the Wikipedia Switboat Vets and POWs for Truth page:
"Of those who served in Kerry's boat crew, only Stephen Gardner joined SBVT.[18] He was not present on any of the occasions when Kerry won his medals, including his Purple Hearts. Gardner appeared in two of the group's television advertisements.
All other living members of Kerry's crew supported his presidential bid, and some frequently campaigned with him as his self-described 'band of brothers'. Kerry crewmembers have disputed some of SBVT's various allegations: "totally false" (Drew Whitlow), "garbage" (Gene Thorson), and "a pack of lies" (Del Sandusky).[19][20][21]
No members of SBVT were aboard Kerry's boat during any of the incidents for which he was decorated. The only member of SBVT who was present at the Silver Star incident, Rood's crewmember Larry Clayton Lee, praised Kerry's tactics and stated that he earned his Silver Star; he stated that based on discussions with other SBVT members, he came to question whether Kerry deserved other medals for incidents at which he was not present.[22][23]" - madrona, on 05/06/2008, -3/+5I am SO tired of Digg's unrelenting infatuation with Obama and hatred of Clinton. Everything's Saint Barack and She-devil Hillary. Simple-minded devotion to a flawed view of reality.
- JJisKing, on 05/06/2008, -1/+3That simply couldn't be better any written ... congrats.
- pnmoore, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Wow! It is like she is a chameleon or something...she is a totally different person depending on where she speaks, just to get votes. I would have never thought that of her (or any politician, for that matter).
/sarcasm -
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