Posted on 06/04/2008 11:09:50 AM PDT by The_Republican
The lead story tonight - my "lede," as we spell it here - should have been about the remarkable fact that a black man has been nominated by a major party to lead a developed Western nation for the first time in the history of the world. A man - in whose lifetime people with his shade of skin were denied the right to vote and to use public accommodations - who is now on the cusp of the presidency. It says something good about America, and I would like to have been able to dwell on it.
But no.
Once again, it's all about Hillary Clinton, who delivered the most abrasive, self-absorbed, selfish, delusional, emasculating and extortionate political speech I've heard in a long time. And I've left out some adjectives, just to be polite.
Here's an interesting point for you. Barack Obama's speech, which featured a long and gracious nod to Clinton toward the beginning, was posted on various websites as early as 8:10pm East coast time. That means that Clinton - who didn't start speaking until 9:31pm, noticeably missing her introductory cue - and her staff had more than an hour to read Obama's speech and see that he was going to be more than kind to her.
But Clinton, who did not post her speech in advance, gave Obama a much briefer and more perfunctory nod. She congratulated him on his well-run campaign, but not on his victory, which is historic and assured. She told her crowd that, though she is now defeated, she "will be making no decisions tonight."
(Excerpt) Read more at commentisfree.guardian.co.uk ...
I am still shaking my head at how surprised all the libs are at Hillary’s behavior. They ain’t seen nothing yet, IMHO.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The liberal socialist press created this Frankenhill and now they’re unhappy with their creation - PRICELESS!
[Obama + Hillary = Obambi ]
= Obamammary
They sure learn slowly, don't they?
C'mon, give her a break. She was in her bunker. There's no way she would've known.
Naive in the extreme.
I'm sorry, it's just no fun to read this without violins playing in the background.
Hey, there are some around here who are still singing her praises.
Aw, give the Brit a break. He’s bitter and naive because he’s a subject.
The country will be better off if we never see or hear the Clintons again. Bush should have congratulated Obama for that.
I am surprised that 18 million Democrats are still not able to see Klintons for what who they really are - DERANGED NARCISSISTS, to steal a phrase from Jefferey Toobin.
Media keeps saying that Hillary has inspired lots of people too.
Who has Hillary inspired? What’s so insipiring?
What does she have to offer besides her genitals and color of her skin, both of which are accidental, and not an accomplishment. Her entire coalition is based on brand name, old favors like pardoning FALN, genitals and race. She has certainly found a way to mobilize the “against” vote, but to me that doesn’t count as inspiration.
The fact that Obama’s bitter gaffe gave her an opening to portray herself as blue-collar champion did she even find a way to continue the race, or else it would have been over long time ago.
I always thought Femminist were power crazy, but I had no idea, regular women were so deeply entrenched in indentity politics.
As Rush says, "Hillary reminds too many men of their first wife"
Nicely done!
“It says something good about America, and I would like to have been able to dwell on it”
Sure you would.... Nod,nod,..Wink,wink....
Libs are suffering from cognitive dissonance - why can’t their beloved icons ‘just get along’ & get back to hating their non-liberal countrymen’s guts?
Why the surprise at her speech? Hillary probably doesn’t want to be vice-president but has to offer herself in a show of party unity. By presenting the case in such a way to make Obama look weak if he accepts her offer, he will have to decline her gracious offer, lose and she will be the next presumptive challenger to an older President McCain. She appears gracious and conciliatory in unparsed words (in which the Clintons excel) and she is seen supporting the party. If, God forbid, this threatened video comes out between now and August and poisons Obama’s campaign, she is there to pick up the banner and carry on. The Democratic Party is honorable for having chosen Obama as its standard-bearer and would have seen it to the end had not that unfortunate video come out. Now, however, the superdelegate must go with the popular vote and give the nomination to Hillary. Next time, big guy, in the meantime, clean out your closet between now and 2016 and the Democrats will again take a look at you. It’s win-win for Hillary.
Actually, Tomasky is a native of West Virginia and now lives in New York. He’s about as liberal as you can get. He’s been the house blogger for the election at The Guardian since earlier this year.
Has this guy not been listening to her last 2,000 speeches? ;)
“He’s bitter and naive because he’s a subject.”
Hey — like all Canadians, I was a British subject until 1977. Now that I’m a Commonwealth Citizen, I’m still bitter and naive. So there.
/not sure what that was
Ohhh, why did you have to say that......hurl
Let’s see. Obama says that he was born august 4 1961 in Hawaii. (We don’t absolutely know whether that is true, since he refuses to make his birth record public. WAS he actually born in Hawaii at that date? So he says, but unfortunately he’s a proven liar.)
The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, so I suppose this is technically correct. But I can’t say that I ever heard of separate drinking fountains in Hawaii. And Obama could have voted when he was 3, but there was a small age problem, having little to do with his race.
I sincerely doubt that Obama has ever had to ride in the back of a bus or been persecuted by the Democrats in the KKK. Rather, he has lived a life of remarkable privilege.
Obama winning the nomination is truly historic. For the first time in history, we have a major political party nominating for President a man with virtual no experience and absolutely no knowledge of foreign policy. Obama ain’t black, he’s green.
**........the remarkable fact that a black man has been nominated by a major party to lead......***
...the ONLY reason as far as I can tell - is BECAUSE he is BLACK...
He has accomplished nothing - except to join a racist cult and worm his way into the Chicago machine.
People are more stupid today than they were yesterday - we should not be so concerned about global warming but what the hail is sucking up the oxygen and starving human brainage.
Exactly!
McCain did the smart thing yesterday to appeal to her supporters (what I have posted numerous time, only I thought Cindy McCain should step up to the plate and steal scorned women).
I don’t think Sarah Palin is all that.......
One of the Maine female Republican Senators, or one of another North Eastern Republican Women, even Christine Todd Whitman would ensure that McCain cruises in White House.
It would also ensure that Coulter-Limbauhg brigades would blow a gasket in their brains, but its either McCain or Hussein.
Time to decide.
TaDaaaa! Feminist care not a whit about their country - they don't think about or even see the big picture...their lament has been "Hillary was the first woman of our generation we could look up to". How shallow is that? How low their expectations are in women.
“What does she have to offer besides her genitals”
and of the male variety. Something obama is lacking
This week, if you are a Democrat, you are either a racist or a sexist depending on whom you support. Of course if you are a Republican, you’re both a racist and a sexist. ;-)
I’m glad to be a racist and a sexist.
He’s got to chose her—or lose. She controls more than half the Dem votes. He’s not going to win unless he gets almost all of the Dem votes.
Hillary reminds me of a pyscho girl that keeps trying to get you to go out with her. You know what she is, and you keep trying to steer her advances away knowing your dealing with someone unstable. You try to be nice about it because you know the more this continues, the more desperate her attempts will be. But the more you reject her moves on you, the more vicious she gets and then tries to do harm to you.
The remark she made last night that so epitomized her (and the whole Demo party’s) take on how they view America.
“I will not make any decision tonight, but my decision will be about what is good for our party and what is good for America”. In that order....of course. She is SO transparent!
The remark she made last night that so epitomized her (and the whole Demo party’s) take on how they view America.
“I will not make any decision tonight, but my decision will be about what is good for our party and what is good for America”. In that order....of course. She is SO transparent!
...should have been about the remarkable fact that a black man has been nominated by a major party to lead a developed Western nation for the first time in the history of the world
He’s not Black, you idiot. He’s HALF black. The other half is WHITE. He’s a MULATTO, but how far would a mulatto get in this race?
No news here. It's Clinton. When she does something unselfish, call us.
If Hussein gets elected, we’ll yearn for another Clinton running the White House.
Nothing could be worse than an Obama administration.
Black man? 50% White, 12% Black and 38% Arab is more like it. His middle name isn’t Hussein for nothing!
AND by the Main Slime Media and the caucus shenanigans and Peeelosi (and the Supers, long before they're supposed to weigh in) - even though madame C. actually got the majority votes -and...
When she resided in the WH staff members saw and heard her famous tirades. She often would crash expensive lamps and ashtrays against the walls. Hell hath no fury like Hellery. 'Nuff said
I meant to say “MUST be a native born US citizen TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT”.
Everything is “All Clinton, All the Time”. That is the way it is. I will have to pinch myself to believe it if or when this country is ever shed of the Clintons.
..and probably ducking all that incoming enemy fire from the very same guys who missed her in Bosnia.
Wow! I've been there....and as far as I know there is no 'neat' way of getting out of those situations.
* By 'neat', I mean a way that works, as I never found one.
No idea. Apparently the State of Hawaii will not release birth records without permission, and the Obama campain refused that permission when a reporter asked them. I forget who did the asking, but it seems like a legitimate request.
Possibly he has shown his birth records to the authorities who register candidates for election—or possibly not. I don’t know what the rules are. But the Constitution is certainly clear about the matter.
It could be something else. I have heard that his given birth name was Baraka Hussein Muhammed Obama, and they might want to keep that to themselves—if true.
I didn’t see a sarcasm tag.
Every candidate watches TV when their opponents are claiming victory or conceding.
She, the former unelected self-proclaimed Co-President, certainly saw or knew of Obama’s speech.
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