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martha said:
The banana would have had a better chance because the whack-jobs on the right wouldn't have been able to smear its Vietnam record.
Good one!!
martha said:
The banana would have had a better chance because the whack-jobs on the right wouldn't have been able to smear its Vietnam record.
Diemen said:
Though it is a sad commentary on our society and its lingering sexist attitudes that "are we ready for a woman president?" seems to pop up every other day in covering Hillary.
2861U2 said:
It's not a "woman" issue as much as it is a "Hillary" issue.
anitram said:
So how much is it a woman issue?
2861U2 said:It's just that we don't want Hillary as that woman.
Teta040 said:Oh, but we are not getting any of the really negative or REALLY sexist or racist stuff yet. We're just starting to see tiny little bits of it.This is just the tip of the iceberg; Rove is pulling his levers very carefully.
The current tide of feel-good-ism/lack of racism in regard to Obama is only happening because everybody knows that no political party in their right mind would have a black man on their ticket. In the end, Obama will NOT be on the bill; he is a "fantasy" candidate, and therefore we can be nice to him. The avalanche of gushing press is purely to produce a Howard Dean/Kerry kind of phenomenon, so that when the Dems strike Obama from the ticket, so many Dems will outraged that rather than reluctantly vote for Hillary to prevent someone like Guliani from taking office, they'll stay home. And I have a feeling that Guliani, the little proto-fascist, is the real Bush-anointed choice, and if he is still having difficulties come summer, some Huge Incident will be engineered that'll make his program of fear-mongering more palatable to voters in both parties. Polls be damned.
But you watch. The closer we get to July, the more it'll be ratcheted up a notch, whoever is the Dem candidate.
And BTW, I am NOT sexist, if you're implying that I'm one of those who are......I for one am not affected by the sourpussy pics of Hill I mentioned. I'm simply implying that there are many who are, I read the responses. on other sites, many of which are laughable. Me, I don't even watch TV, it's all propaganda. I don't care what someone looks like, or what their personality is. It's all to do with their policies, and their motives. I read books....
My problem with Hillary right now is the same I have with Congress and that of just about every politican.They aren't even making a symbolic stand for what is right, but caving in on every corner to Bush's petty little blackmail. And Cheney's threats. They have the courage of molasses. What then will they be like when they get in office? So what if everything they try to do is vetoed? It's the FIGHT that counts. It's called balls, gumption, whatever. It's spitting in the face of Fate. To some of us, the Will to Fight is even more important than the result. It's part of your attitude on life. And politically, she has absolutely nothing to lose. What is this, The Godfather? Did Cheney call her up and say :"Either your brains or your signature will on the contract?" If I knew that, I'd understand. But until I do, I despise everyone for their laughable weakness. They're all sucking on the same Teat of Corrupt Largesse.
And BTW, the Dems are taking a much more dangerous gamble helping America down the road to tyranny and darkness, refusing to try to get these people prosecuted, thinking that the people will be so outraged they'll give carte blanche to whoever the Dem candidate is, simply b/c they're from the Opposing Party and this automatically makes them better than the ReThugs. Bull. Some of us voted last November b/c we DID want even symbolic action, for the very reason that a 2 more yrs was too long to wait to save this country from becoming a Police State, and sending a message that evildoers can get away with it and go scot free. 2 yrs would be all it took. Generations to come will be paying a price for this Congress's fear, even more than Bush's tyranny. No Dem President will be able to save us after '08--the civic rot will have gone in too deep, like gangrene in the Body Politic. We had our chance, and we blew it.
As for leaving pwer in the hands of a few, that always happens every July, when the Parties choose who their candidate is.
phillyfan26 said:And your solution puts a huge amount of power in the hands of a small, dangerous group.
phillyfan26 said:
This still applies.
You want John Edwards to be the candidate because you're afraid.
That's not how change happens.
Teta040 said:
I'll bet most of you have forgotten about Karl Rove's not yet abandoned attempt to divide the Electoral Votes in California, he wants 20% of them to be counted by county....
LyricalDrug said:The Obama-Rezko scandal heats up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SrtyFY6qTA&eurl=http://www.hillaryis44.com/
Teta040 said:
Back in April, following the race as it was taking shape, my nightmare was a Democratic race dominated by Hillary and Obama, because of the raw un-electability of both. Whatever else they were, they are a woman and a black.
Shortly after 7 p.m., the campaign released a “Statement of Hillary Rodham Clinton,” saying, in part:
“Over this past week, there has been a lot of discussion and back and forth — much of which I know does not reflect what is in our hearts. And at this moment, I believe we must seek common ground.
“Our party and our nation is bigger than this. Our party has been on the front line of every civil rights movement, women's rights movement, workers' rights movement, and other movements for justice in America...
“And in that spirit, let's come together, because I want more than anything else to ensure that our family stays together on the front lines of the struggle to expand rights for all Americans.”
intedomine said:If I was a Yank, I'd vote either Kucinich or Obama, the thought of a President who just so happens to be the missus of anoter recent preisdent is quite silly.
Teta040 said:As for Obama, as someone has said, you type in the search engine and it gives you "Osama". Enough said.
I know you probably think you are part of the solution, but you're not. Last names have nothing to do with anything. I think most of the voting population are smarter than that.If the Democrats were running a platform of all white men with WASP names, (like Edwards?) they'd be that much harder to attack. This should have been an absolute no-brainer.
You are really blowing things well out of proportion. Unless you were intending on heckling Hillary and then threw the letter at the aide there would be no probable cause to arrest you for terrorism, of all things. Maybe inciting a riot or disturbing the peace. Not terrorism...unless you had Anthrax in it?Hillary came to town in May. I took the day off and getting there early, I stayed down among the crowd at the Governor's Mansion, intending to give my letter to an aide of Governor Spitzer. But at the last moment I chickened out--the last thing I needed was to be arrested for a "terrorist" incident. (Anthrax anyone?) You can see what the climate has done to me. I despise myself for it.
But at least I would have felt better, knowing that someone out there has spotted the danger signs.
Now there are no solutions, and we are officially screwed.
intedomine said:Kucie
Irvine511 said:
tell me, are there rules and logic and history behind such Aussie short hand? like, Brissy, Thorpey, and, yes, Aussie?
inquiring Yank minds need to know.
Irvine511 said:
tell me, are there rules and logic and history behind such Aussie short hand? like, Brissy, Thorpey, and, yes, Aussie?
inquiring Yank minds need to know.