Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory

You emphasize a win streak of 12 but fail to concede the weight, caliber, and enormity of those States, why is that? Not all States are equal, yet your speech implies this.

It's not minor or insignificant that Obama got KO'ed in Ohio. California, New York, etc. same thing. Even in Texas Obama spent 3 or 4 times as much in media advertising as Hillary, and what did it get him?

Florida and Michigan will "get in" somehow - and probably go for Clinton. PA will go for Clinton. At some point you have to concede California, New York, Ohio, Texas, & Florida, & Pennsylvania, these States alone are more relevant and significant than all the other States combined, all the delegates, rules, nothing trumps the voice of these States.

If you're going to speak and write to this issue, how about a little reality interjected in your content?

Reality?

1202 delegates vs. 1042.

any more reality needed?

Oh yeah: the popular vote.

And I could go on. It's 2000 all over again but this time the shiv being slipped in our backs is being held by a Democratic hand.

And don't think we haven't missed the whole "now you see it-now you don't" attempts to RE-include states which had collectively been ruled out of play: Florida and Michigan.

There's a word for this and I think I know what it is: disgusting.

if obama had won by the exact same margins

you would be grossly praising him

this enraging and brazen sexism is exactly why hillary won...

keep it up!

thanks!
alicia banks
http://aliciabanksblogspot.com

Well, Ohio was a shoo in for camp Clinton, they were never going to vote for Obama, and, as for camp Clinton, now, she begins the arduous task of trying to get the Michigan and Florida ballots on her side. There is no end to the desperate acts that this woman will take, only, to get the nomination and get mauled by McCain and the GOP, which will be so sweet, after her filthy, underhanded tricks and lies of the past few months.

If, Obama is serious about getting the nominee, he had better get down and dirty, its not as if camp Clinton is not without a zillion flaws he can use to show the real side of this, cold, bitter, unqualifed woman, so, get right down in the mud with her and start slinging it back at her.

"No ends to the desperate acts this woman will take" -- your bias is showing.
I was leaning towards Obama but I think I'll go for Hillary (Penn. voter) and it's exactly what Alicia points out before Ty. I'm sick of the nonsense, I'm sick of the insults, I'm sick of the sexism. I don't see a big difference between their voting records and I don't see plans coming out of the Obama campaign. I do see a lot of hatred from his supporters and I'm tired of it. Ty, you just convinced me to vote for Hillary, congratulations.

Hahahahaha!

Hey Eugene, I'm still laughing my ass off
about your book title.

Thus far in regards to the Florida and Michigan delegates, Howard Dean, the chairman for the DNC has said: "All they have to do is come before us with rules that fit into what they agreed to a year and a half ago, and then they’ll be seated,”

@ Trolanda: Senator Obama's advantage in this nomination process lies in the fact that he is such a different human being than the usual good ole boys or girls, as the case may be, that typically put their hat in the ring. Senator Clintion is touting her 35 years since she graduated from college as her experience. I say, let's ask her about her experience in foreign policy when she was the first lady of 42nd President of the US. What did she do besides sharing a bedroom with William Jefferson Clinton after he returned from the oval office 'not having sexual intercourse with that woman'.

@ Alicia Banks, I have read every single response you have written on this site. I see no depth in your remarks. I see a man-hating self-loathing woman. IF Hillary Rodham Clinton were a different woman I'd be a staunch supporter. She is NOT. She is 15 years older than Senator Barack Obama and the only experience she can claim is her senior years which should bring wisdom not bitter contempt and snarky evil sniveling when she's percieves herself in the corner. She's precisely the kind of woman with whom I share an office. I have no love for the type of person Hillary has shown herself to be: disingenious, and...

We all should know that Presidents are figure heads. Nary an elected president has been trained for this position. It's not how much experience you have, it's the kind of person you are. The type of judgement you excercise is what's important. I'm sorry but I must say that Senator Obama has shown excellent judgement is managing his campaign, raising funds and exciting the electorate. It will be his judgement that will prevail in choosing a cabinet, a cabinet not of the same ol' same old.

If Clinton manages to become the nominee of the Democratic party, the party will become a fractured party and she simply won't win. DO THE MATH. The popular vote is on Obama's side. It's time for a change - a REAL CHANGE!

Go OBAMA '08
YES WE CAN

Trolanda, vote for whom you feel is the better qualified person, not what someone else says, that would be totally ridiculous, but, then again, the voters of this country are easily duped into voting for someone when they seldom actually look into the person's credentials, or even if the perosn has a chance to be elected, whcih Hillary does not, kind of like those in the CBC. And, too bad you are so offended by alleged sexism, and, yet, can ignore the in your face racism of the Hillary camp, so, your point is as moot as her lies. That said, I can't vote for Hillary and would vote for McCain to keep her out, sorry, her racist acts to get the nomination speak volumes about her lack of morals and character and that reason alone is reason she is not the one for the job.

But, the great thing of all if she does steal this election, like Bush did, is that the public won't vote for her, and, that my peeps has nothing to do with her being a woman, it has to do with her being low down and crooked with how she got it, worse than anything the GOP could come up with so early and so easily.

And, I agree, the one poster has been on every board hating on Obama, and, men in general, so, her love of the new great white hope, Hillary is no surprise.

"man hater" = any woman who tells any truth about any man

i wear that label like a badge of honor
so
thank u for the awesome kudos!

fyi
i adore many REAL men
u may read about them at my sites

go hillary!!!!
alicia banks
www.geocities.com/ambwww

I love alicia banks' endless and sad attempts at self-promotion. yeah yeah, sure....of course Hillary is your patron saint.

but you'll notice I didn't make any sort of mention in my above piece OF Obama. Precisely because it is much less about him in this instance and much more about the disgusting efforts to do what the majority of people are thusfar indicating that they do not want Hillary to do.

Reminds me of the story of Solomon.

"Should we cut the baby in half?"

And the one mother says, "YES, Judge."

And the real mother says, "she can have it."

And Solomon adjudicates that only the real mother would care enough to not see the baby cut in half.

This gerrymandering is going to ruin the party. And it is the party "I" am concerned about.

Not so much the blogs and websites of short-sighted Hillary fans.

truly amusing how much easier it is to attack me
rather than
respond to my valid points

pray tell: is posting to your own column not "self-promotion" also?...
fyi
i have been online/on the air since 1989
...and u "bruh"?

ps:
"short-sighted" = the comical belief that john mccain will not slay obama in november!!!

go hillary!!!
peace
alicia banks
ELOQUENT FURY
www.geocities.com/ambwww
OUTLOOK
http://www.aliciabanksblogspot.com

Barrack's challenge is to balance two competing but equally important objectives: First, he has to underscore Hillary's record of DISHONESTY (e.g., the sudden mysterious appearance of the subpoenaed Rose law firm billing records missing for months in the White House); CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR (e.g., her 1000% profit on cattle futures in which she turned $1000 into $100,000 in 10 months, the $850G in campaign cash she received from felon fund-raiser Norman Hsu; the $200 in furniture, china and art she stole then returned to the White House); IMMORALITY (e.g., her orchestration of the "Bimbo eruption squad," a contingent of Arkansas state police officers and other officials paid for with tax dollars ordered to keep tabs on her philandering husband, and her malicious attacks on the reputations of Juanita Broderick, Paula Jones, and Kathleen Wiley who each reported that he husband had sexually assaulted them ); and STONEWALLING (e.g., her continued refusal even today to release her tax returns for the last eight years; and her refusal to release her White House communications when she was First Lady while audaciously claiming credit for important matters of state and public policy).

Secondly, he has to continue TO DEMONSTRATE THAT HE IS CAMPAIGNING WITH INTEGRITY.

In other words, he has to fight back, but he has to avoid creating the impression that he is fighting dirty, or unfair, because Hillary will play the victim every time in an attempt to confuse people, deflect attention from herself, and muddy the waters. He must make the point that IT IS A DIRTY TRUTH HE IS TELLING, BUT HE IS NOT FIGHTING DIRTY. He has to make the point that SHE IS NOT A VICTIM; SHE IS THE CULPRIT. His challenge is to state the facts, but not anger. He has the temperament for it. And I sense many in the media will help it if he makes the news of the day about her record. He needs to make it possible for the voters to balance these two ideas: (1) That she is unfit; and (2) that he is sorry to have to talk about it. And then he has talk about it. It can be done. He just needs to do it.

Hey, Eugene, isn't there some principal in marshal arts that would apply here? Can you give our guy fighting lessons? - Pat Carroll

Preach on it Eugene Robinson, and, Pat Carroll, great stuff! The Shillary crowd must be at a total loss for words about the saint and saviour of the USA they have built her up as, NOT. She is slinging all the mud she can, and, she is I have to admit, one smart cookie, she knows that if she puts race into the mix in states where blacks and Hispanics are fighting for crumbs and scraps instead of working togather like Cali and texas, it will work, and, that fear that many in Ohio and on to Pennsylvania have of blacks, and, black men, she will win playing the GOP Price is Right sized race cards.

Thanks Eugene, I watch all of the cable news shows, especially MSNBC. I have noteiced that at first all of Senator Obama's early victories were treated as "Great", "Incrediable", "Something is happennnig out there". But when he he reached victory # 6, #7, #8, all of the the way to victory # 11, in a row! These very same cable news outlets seems to have changed their tune. I am not surprised. Now the "perception" that they are conveying is that Senator Obama has to "some how" surpass Senator Clinton to win the nomination. And he's the one that's ahead! Talk about incrediable! His main attraction to me is, that it's time to let go of the politics of fear and the politics of slime, republican vs democrat, white vs black and on, and on. Let's face it, we really won't get anywhere with one pitted against the other. Politics in it's very essence is about conmpromise for the greater good. However, the Clintons are all about about the Clintons. It's all about them winning at any cost. But sometimes you end up winning the battle and losing the war.I really think that this is where Hillary is headed. At least i hope so. GO OBAMA!

Personally, I am sick of all of you. This Obama/Hilary circus is just a distraction. Meanwhile, over at the Republican clubhouse...business as usual?

The next President of the United States:

McCain

Who has Bush put his support behind? Think about it. lmao

Trolanda, I must respectfully disagree with you. In my opinion, it's as much about voting records as it is about character. I don't think its sexism at all. The anti-Clinton bloggers seem to understand and accept her for what she is, a dirty politician whose name is rife with scandal and corruption. Aren't we tired of this? It has nothing to do with her being a woman, although to that end, she certainly has not conducted herself in like fashion. Passionate Barack supporters realize and/or accept the facts as they are. Mrs. Clinton is lucky that Barack hasn't employed her "kitchen sink" smear strategy, less this would have been over long ago. I guarantee you the GOP won't go soft on her because she's a "woman". It’s a shame that we always have to throw ourselves in the fire before we realize it's hot.

Eugene and O'Bama are night and day. Eugene is a pure sicko. And it's bad association of him to write in support of O'Bama, even if indirectly. Eugene is what is called the under-class. For him eveything is blood, mud and dirt. Take a wash!

hahahahahaha....can I use that quote for my promotional material?

"Eugene is what is called the under-class. For him everything is blood, mud and dirt."

genius.

cheers,
Eugene

Of course you WILL

Indeed,it is true, it's always true. Comments ain't even necessary.

It is one of things I can never understand ... how people can think that way. It's so illogical that it can only be based upon moronity.

It is one of things I can never understand ... how people can think that way. It's so illogical that it can only be based upon moronity.

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