http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/swiftboated/ en-us Fri, 9 May 2008 15:31:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013594/posts While Archimedes-in-a-pantsuit tries to rewrite the laws of mathematics, the rest of the nation has properly begun to weigh the Presidential contest between Sens. McCain and Obama. Obama has, however, learned a valuable Clinton trick from this protracted primary--how to obliquely reference the "vast, right-wing conspiracy" to misdirect people's attention away from glaring, personal deficiencies. During his victory speech in North Carolina on Tuesday night Obama said, "We know what's coming...the same names and labels they (Republicans) pin on everyone who doesn't agree with all of their ideas." Actually, we have some new names and labels thanks to Mr. &... Urquhart Media, LLC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013594/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 15:31:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006548/posts In a rare interview, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. said media organizations that circulated controversial sound bites of his sermons on the Internet wanted to paint him as "un-American" or "some sort of fanatic" in order to bring down Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. "I think they wanted to communicate that I am unpatriotic, that I am un-American, that I am filled with hate speech, that I have a cult at Trinity United Church of Christ," Wright told journalist Bill Moyers in the first interview he has granted since comments critical of U.S. policies surfaced on television and the Internet.... Chicago Tribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006548/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:58:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1997356/posts LANSDOWNE, Pa. - Sen. John Kerry reached out to veterans here on Barack Obama's behalf Saturday, saying he believes Obama is more prepared to be commander in chief than Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were when they took office. Kerry told the crowd he did not think Obama would be victimized by GOP attacks the way he was in 2004 by the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth." Kerry took responsibility for not fighting the Swift Boat assaults more effectively, but he said advisors, including Bill Clinton, suggested he not defend himself aggressively. "We didn't lose to them, I didn't lose... hotlineblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1997356/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 23:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994437/posts Pay no attention to that woman behind the curtain. Be afraid. Be very afraid, for if you don’t obey the Great and Powerful Oz will turn her wrath on you. Yawn. Hillary Clinton’s favorite girlhood movie was the “Wizard of Oz.” But now, as the primaries clank along, her subjects are refusing to wear the green-tinted glasses and buy her act. She’s less and less terrifying every day, and fewer of those closest to her -- her Senate colleagues -- are intimidated. Despite their best efforts, the Clintons' powers seem to have gone on the fritz, and those Democrats who... Human Events.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994437/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:23:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994408/posts The New York Times' well-sourced Adam Nagourney reported on Saturday that, in response to calls for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to drop out of the race (from the likes of Obama-backing Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vermont), "In a conversation with two Democratic allies, she compared the situation to the 'big boys' trying to bully a woman, according to interviews with them." In the Washington Post Sunday, Clinton denied the report to Perry Bacon, Jr. Q. "There was a story today that said you felt the 'big boys' were trying to push you out, 'bullying' you. Did you use those phrases?" Clinton:... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994408/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994362/posts What is it about Democratic politicians and their irresistible urge to lie? Even in the post-President Clinton era, lies continue to flow from the lips of prominent Democrats with regularity only matched by lots of fiber. Within the past two weeks alone, we’ve seen Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty, surrender to authorities after being indicted for conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice. Hillary Clinton said she was “sleep-deprived, and I misspoke” when she highly exaggerated about her trip to Bosnia as First Lady 12 years ago, and claimed she was under hostile sniper... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994362/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:27:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994165/posts Sen. John McCain’s "Straight Talk Express'' will roll out for a nostalgia tour this week, a bus-storming tour of many of the touchstones in the senator’s long life. Yet, for the two Democrats still battling over their party’s presidential nomination, this will be a season to forget – if they can. *snip* How much will it matter this fall, should Obama claim the Democratic nomination, that he devoted two decades to a church whose pastor spoke of damning America for its racial practices? *snip* How much will it matter, should all or half of the delegations of Florida and Michigan... The Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994165/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994107/posts Faced with a growing chorus to abandon the uphill battle against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton is falling back on what she sees as her trump card - her gender.At other perilous junctures like the eve of the New Hampshire primary and the eve of Super Tuesday, the former First Lady highlighted her femininity during televised tearful moments. Now she is portraying the calls for her to quit as male chauvinism. In comments leaked to the New York Times, Mrs Clinton is said to have told aides that she would not be "bullied out" of the White... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994107/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:25:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994085/posts Campaigning For Mom In N. Carolina, Clinton Says She Was Sheltered From Chauvinism (AP) Chelsea Clinton said Saturday that she didn't realize how much sexism remained in the United States until she noticed the issue at recent campaign stops for her mother. "I didn't really get how much sexism there still was in our country until I was at a rally with my mom in New Hampshire, and someone came up to me and said, 'I just can't see a woman being commander in chief,"' Clinton said during a stop in Research Triangle Park. She also noted another New Hampshire... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994085/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:20:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993850/posts ...Democrats are coming around to the point Jay Rockefeller made 10 days ago after introducing Obama in West Virginia: “Democrats always make a mistake by nominating people who know everything on earth there is to know about public policy. I introduced both Al Gore and John Kerry at their rallies. They knew all the policies, but people didn’t connect with them. You don’t get elected president if people don’t like you.” Despite Bill Clinton’s saying it was “a bunch of bull” that his wife should drop out, Democrats are trying to sneak up on Hillary, throw a burlap sack over... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993850/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993855/posts ...Which brings us back to our question: Why would so smart a candidate play political Russian roulette with virtually all the bullet chambers loaded? Sometimes only a shrink can decipher why some politicians persist in flagrantly taking giant risks, all but daring others to catch them in the act (see: Spitzer, Eliot). Carl Bernstein, a sometimes admiring Hillary Clinton biographer, has called the Bosnia debacle “a watershed event” for her campaign because it revives her long history of balancing good works with “ ‘misstatements’ and elisions,” from the health-care task force fiasco onward. But this event may be a watershed... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993855/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993819/posts A golden rule in the game of American (or any modern professional) politics is that if you are behind in a campaign and you’re running out of time, you “go negative”. Twenty years ago I actually took a class in professional campaign tactics at Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government. We examined case studies of campaigns in recent years and saw the very precise metrics that the professionals use to gauge how much you lose if you throw mud at someone – because you look like a sleazebag – compared with how much damage you can inflict. The... Times Online UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993819/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:16:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993672/posts For all their delight in soaring voter registration and strong poll numbers, some Democrats fear the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton might have a nightmarish end, which could wreck a promising election year. The chief worry is that Clinton may carry her recent winning streak into Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina and other states, leaving her with unquestioned momentum but fewer pledged delegates than Obama. Party leaders then would face a wrenching choice: Steer the nomination to a fading Obama, even as signs suggested Clinton could be the stronger candidate in November; or go with the surging... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993672/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:21:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993669/posts Now that Obama and Hillary are offering images that are much weaker, LESS HONEST, and less solid and dependable, good old John McCain looks much better as he tours Iraq and Israel while Democrats rip one another apart. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993669/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:05:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993289/posts Hillary Clinton distances herself from adviser who branded Lord David Trimble a 'crankpot' By Toby Harnden in Washington Last Updated: 2:41am GMT 28/03/2008 Hillary Clinton's campaign has disowned a senior adviser who branded Lord Trimble, former Northern Ireland First Minister, a sexist "crankpot" whose views were suspect because he was a Protestant. Under fire: Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are greeted by a smiling eight-year-old Bosnian girl in 1996 "It is not the campaign's policy to attack leaders from other countries," said Howard Wolfson, Mrs Clinton's communications director. Jamie Rubin, a former assistant secretary of state in Bill Clinton's administration, lashed... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993289/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993150/posts The former congressman who shepherded the Family and Medical Leave Act through Congress sought Thursday to debunk Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) claim to the legislation, saying she “never had anything to do with it.” Former Rep. William Lacy Clay, Sr. (D-Mo.) is circulating an email disputing Clinton’s claim that the law is one of her more meaningful domestic accomplishments. The presidential candidate says she helped lobby for the bill’s passage and signing in 1993. But Clay, who was joined by Senate sponsor Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), said the bill had already passed by large margins when it passed in 1990... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993150/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:58:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993137/posts The USA Today/Gallup survey clearly explains why Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is losing. Asked whether the candidates were “honest and trustworthy,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) won with 67 percent, with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) right behind him at 63. Hillary scored only 44 percent, the lowest rating for any candidate for any attribute in the poll. Hillary simply cannot tell the truth. Here's her scorecard: Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993137/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:44:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993140/posts Leahy Says Clinton Should Withdraw Mar 28 11:32 AM US/Eastern MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Sen. Patrick Leahy says Hillary Rodham Clinton should abandon her White House run. The Vermont Democrat says there is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination. Leahy told Vermont Public Radio in an interview Wednesday that Clinton ought to withdraw and should be backing Senator Barack Obama. But Leahy said that's obviously a decision only Clinton can make. Leahy endorsed Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in January. Brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993140/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:46:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993042/posts BREAKING: Dean wants closure by July 1 A potential game-changer from CBS News and "The Early Show." Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean says he wants superdelegates to make a decision by JULY 1 -- the most specific he has been in his effort to prod the party to decide between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton before the Democratic National Convention in late August. Harry Smith asked if after the nominating contests end with the South Dakota and Montana primaries on June 3, "Do you want the superdelegates to have some sort of vote immediately so that you'll know months... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993042/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:57:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992906/posts Election '08: One of Hillary Clinton's many lies is the one about her role in President Bill Clinton's granting of clemency to terrorists to aid her political fortunes and those of his vice president.Mrs. Clinton has been caught in a tangled web of deception about her experiences as first lady and her role and influence in the White House of William Jefferson Clinton. But there was one decision she did significantly influence, though she now denies it. Campaigning in Corpus Christi, Texas, shortly before the March 4 primary that kept Hillary's candidacy alive, if on life support, husband Bill was... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992906/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:11:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992880/posts Accused Saddam Agent Says He Met With Hillary at White House By IRA STOLL, STAFF REPORTER OF THE SUN | March 27, 2008 A Michigan man facing federal criminal charges of illegally working for Saddam Hussein's Iraqi Intelligence Service says he met with Hillary Clinton at the White House in May 1996. In a 1997 interview with this reporter, Muthanna Hanooti said that at the meeting, Mrs. Clinton was "very receptive" to his request for an easing of the American sanctions on Iraq that were in place at the time. He said Mrs. Clinton "passed a message to the State... The New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992880/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:11:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992590/posts *** Next she'll say that she was threatened by Bosnian snipers disguised as little girls hiding Uzis in the flowers...... NAMES REDACTED Ozone Park *** The master of deceit, Bill Clinton, and his sidekick, Hillary. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" still rings in my ears. Lavallette, NJ ***What a sick lie. I'm sorry I ever voted for the Clintons and did so twice. If she gets the nod by conniving, I'll be voting for Sen. John McCain. Surfside Beach, NC *** I don't see how anyone can support Clinton now that she has been caught with... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992590/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992491/posts WASHINGTON -- As the Clintons enter their 17th year at the center of the national stage, some Washington pundits are running out of patience with them. My condition is more desperate. I am running out of jokes about these two perennial college kids. History eventually will remember them as the reincarnation of Warren and Florence Harding. For now, they come off as two undergraduate BSers on a protracted spring break. Hillary BSes about her indispensability to the first Clinton administration. Bill agrees with her and BSes about everything under the sun. At the beginning of their delightful presidential campaign, a... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992491/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:04:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991936/posts WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton's lies about risking her life under sniper fire during a visit to Bosnia as first lady have infuriated the US military brass and troops. "She has no sense of what a statement like that does to soldiers," fumed retired Maj. Gen. Walter Stewart, the former head of the Pennsylvania National Guard. "She is insulting the command in its entirety," he said yesterday. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991936/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:14:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991949/posts Hillary Clinton has many admirable qualities, but candor and openness and transparency and a commitment to well-established fact have not been notable among them. “Since her Arkansas years [I wrote], Hillary Rodham Clinton has always had a difficult relationship with the truth… [J]udged against the facts, she has often chosen to obfuscate, omit, and avoid. It is an understatement by now that she has been known to apprehend truths about herself and the events of her life that others do not exactly share. ” As I noted: “Almost always, something holds her back from telling the whole story, as if... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991949/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:29:02 GMT