PUNDITS, SPUNDITS...OH AND THANK YOU VERMONT

OPINION... mine

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” Confucius

When pundits tell you what something means, it is just their opinion, their guess and possibly not really what something means. When Hillary Clinton tells you that since she “won” Ohio, she should be the Democratic candidate ~ it is just words. Because “winning” in the Democratic Caucus and Primary season means getting the most points when counting delegates. “Winning” a state really means nothing more than perception. For example, Barack Obama “lost” New Hampshire, but Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama received the exact same number of delegates from New Hampshire.

Obama Versus Clinton Results Center

Pundits say the darndest things

Things I have heard pundits say that are not true:

1. Hillary won Michigan. No, she di’nt. She was the only Democrat candidate on the ballot. But the Democratic National Committee’s rules said Michigan was not going to count.

2. Hillary won Texas. This was said and the caucus vote in Texas still isn’t stated by the state of Texas. It isn’t even mandated to be in until Friday, March 7, 2008. Hillary won the Texas Primary vote by 3 per centage points, not 4 as I heard CNN state tonight. But Texas had both a Primary and a Caucus.

Hillary says the darndest things

Hillary has said that she should be the candidate because she has won the important states. That means that all of us are not equal in her thinking. She claims that she has proven that she can win in the “important” states this November because she won them in the Primary and Caucus season. The fact is Barack Obama will win those very same states when running against John McCain. So her rationale means nothing in this regard.

Hillary says Caucus state wins are not important. It is very possible that is because she has lost in the Caucus states to Barack Obama.

“Hillary rules” are convenient rules for Hillary. Whatever happens, Hillary devises the rules AFTER what just happened.

Hillary claims the press is harder on her. Not so. No one has brought up Vince Foster's death

Here is another link.

Hillary Clinton Gets More of a Pass Than Is Being Admitted

No one has delved into Bill and Hillary’s history by the Obama campaign.

Personally, I didn’t pay attention to the Clinton scandals and gave them a “pass” when he was in office. But now, that Hillary is running I have an interest in whether or not I should know more about Hillary.

Another Clinton scandal link page.
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Hillary finally acknowledges a loss....Barack Obama's ....just never her own.

WHEN HILLARY SPEAKS MY SKIN CRAWLS

It’s a reaction. I also have a tendency to gag. My intuition has always been extremely reliable for me. This physical reaction tells me a lot. And it isn’t good about Hillary Clinton.

Hillary claims she always gets asked the first question in the debates. But as President, when the “red phone” rings in that “commercial political ad” she would probably be the “first” one to answer it, wouldn’t she?

There is something in Hillary’s body language that I have been paying attention to in this campaign. And I don’t like what I see. I don’t like how she has intentionally let stories go from her campaign and then she gets a “pass” from “inquiring minds” because she says “as far as I know”. Well, a good leader who is running a campaign and wants to show experience, good judgment and integrity would find out and wouldn’t have to say “as far as I know” so many times. It is suspicious at best. Surely she should know that it was a staff person in her campaign that leaked the picture of Barack in traditional dress because the intent was to play into people’s ignorance and fear of the unknown in hopes that people would hold it against Barack Obama. Surely a leader would lead her campaign’s spokespeople in how they should conduct themselves. But repeatedly she has not only allowed stories to go for enough days to do their intended damage before she says some form of “well, he currently doesn’t work for my campaign” or “as far as I know”. She should know. If she doesn’t, she lacks the good judgment of a good, experienced-toting leader.

She says her Health Care Plan includes ALL and that is why she is better. I got the mailer from her in RI where she bad-mouths Barack’s plan because she claims it doesn’t include ALL. But her campaign has been run to only include Americans in states that vote for her. All the states that Barack Obama has won she has said are not important and don’t matter. She claims disdainfully that her husband didn’t win the Caucus states either, so she discounts those people who are a part of ALL. The ALL she says she cares enough about to include in her Health Care Plan. Just not in counting their votes as important to get elected.

When the rules are not in Hillary’s favor, she twists and turns WORDS to make it fit her game.

Isn’t that the very same game with a different name that we have EXPERIENCED for the last 7 years? The name being that of George W Bush?

George W Bush told us that when he “beat” John Kerry, he had a mandate of the whole country to do what he wanted. Not really. A mandate would have to have included a country that had a huge per centage of the people turn out to vote, have their votes justly counted and then that still wouldn’t be enough. The President would have had to serve the people by being open by coming to us with his different plans and policies and persuading us that his plans and policies were in our best interest. But instead he has done everything behind closed doors and misused the Constitution and abused our trust.

Here is a Republican Agenda

Republicans are rooting for Hillary because she energizes their base for their purposes and some of them are voting for her since John McCain has the Republican nominee and they can help elect Hillary to better set up the race they want in November.

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We the People must be the overseers of our elected politicians. Even Thomas Jefferson, a slave master, said the following:
“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.”

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

SILLY SEASON HAS BEEN DECLARED ~ "It's silly season. I understand she's been quoting my kindergarten teacher in Indonesia."

When you are winning ~ you feel strong. When you are scared ~ you begin to act scared. When you want something so badly that you will forego your character, your integrity, you can get yourself in a pickle. A hole, even.

Who found it a good idea on Hillary Clinton's team to find out what Barack Obama at five was doing in kindergarten? I don't see the relevance. Wasn't that when they were telling us that stupid childhood fable "Sticks and Stones can break my bones, but Words can never hurt me"? Obviously, they weren't taking politics into account. Because even Bill Clinton used the "Swift Boat" line for his Hillary when he felt she was being attacked by someone....I just don't remember who was doing that attacking. And don't care enough to do a google search on it.

About the kindergarten research and information about Barack Obama ~ does the phrase "grow up" have some relevance? Is that the best you can come up with to spend your negative A-stuff on? I keep hearing that Iowans don't like the negative campaigning. If that has some bit of truth in it, then if you are going to throw your negative tactical words out there ~ wouldn't you more wisely pick your "A-stuff"? And where is the youtube on this teacher? I wonder if that kindergarten teacher didn't think she was just providing some warm and fuzzy memory about little Barack when this supposed memory allegedly was shared.

I can't imagine that she was under the impression that her alleged words would be used against her student some forty years later now that he is running for President of the United States. As a teacher myself, I would be thrilled that a past student of mine was running for President and would never dream what I shared about little five year old Barack would be the subject of such negativity.

Anyone who has watched Hillary knows she is a smart lady. But this doesn't bode well for her intelligence or political savvy.

Clinton's rhetoric in Clear Lake was her most pointed yet. "The Chicago Tribune said the 'present' votes were the equivalent of taking a pass. Well, instead of looking for political cover, and taking a pass, we need a president who will take a stand," she said, according to The Des Moines Register.

"Barack Obama doesn't need lectures in political courage from someone who followed George Bush to war in Iraq, gave him the benefit of the doubt on Iran … and opposed ethanol until she decided to run for president," spokesman Bill Burton shot back.

Obama's only public event Monday (December 3) was a small roundtable discussion on credit problems at which he proposed a consumer bill of rights. Asked afterward about the escalating rhetoric, he refused to comment on Clinton's claim Monday that this candidacy promises "false hope."

"It's the silly season," Obama said. "I understand she's been quoting my kindergarten teacher in In-do-ne-sia." *(This is the video I want to find uploaded at Youtube ~ the body language, I found quite good with Barack Obama's delivery of these words.)

* From USA Today, I guess....I took the above from another website, that claims this is from USA Today, but I went to their site and couldn't find it.

It's a new day in Presidential Politics here in the USA.

There is now a website that lists Hillary’s attacks on Barack Obama. Hillary said she would not attack her fellow democrats. But that has changed.

New Hillary Attacks website: http://hillaryattacks.barackobama.com/

Posted on the Obama campaign blog from campaign manager David Plouffe below.

Hillary Attacks

By David Plouffe - Dec 3rd, 2007 at 7:39 am EST

Saturday night, the Des Moines Register came out with a poll that shows Barack Obama has pulled ahead of the Democratic frontrunner and is now leading in Iowa.

The poll also showed that by a wide margin, Iowans believe that Senator Clinton is running the most negative campaign in this race.

Yesterday we found out why.

Less than twelve hours after that poll came out, the Clinton campaign launched a series of baseless attacks against Senator Obama. Panicked by the poll numbers, they even attacked Barack for telling his kindergarten teacher what he wanted to be when he grew up.

I wish I were joking.

The American people find these kinds of attacks tiring and unproductive, but today Senator Clinton promised that this was just the beginning, saying that attacking other Democrats is "the fun part" of campaigning for the presidency.

We disagree. Barack Obama believes that this presidential campaign isn't about attacking people for fun, it's about solving people's problems, like ending this war and creating a universal health care system. Washington insiders might think throwing mud is fun, but the America people are looking for a President who can unite this country around a common purpose, and that's the kind of leadership Barack will continue to offer in this campaign.

But we need your help.

Today we're launching a website that will keep track of all the attacks Senator Clinton has launched since she said she wasn't interested in attacking other Democrats at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on November 10th. We're asking all of you to be vigilant and notify us immediately of any attacks from Senator Clinton or her supporters as soon as you see them so that we can respond with the truth swiftly and forcefully.

This attacks could be phone calls, literature drops, blog posts mail pieces as well as radio and TV ads. Some could even be anonymous or designed to be. Please email us at hillaryattacks@barackobama.com the moment you see something that concerns you.

Senator Clinton has said her idea of fun is to attack Barack each day from here on out, and that's why we need you to help us stop those attacks and make sure that Barack can continue to talk with voters and caucus-goers about the struggles they face and their hope for America.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/group/ObamaHQ/