Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Clinton in panic mode
Toledo Blade ^ | Dec. 24, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 12/24/2007 12:00:23 PM PST by jdm

SEN. Hillary Rodham Clinton has lost the air of inevitability that once surrounded her campaign for the Democratic nomination. It remains to be seen whether she's willing to lose her soul in her quest for the presidency.

Only a month ago, her main rival, Sen. Barack Obama, was dismissed as a "lightweight" by the political establishment. Now he has a slight lead over Senator Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire and is believed to have a good chance of winning South Carolina.

Magic Johnson's recent endorsement aside, the advantage Senator Clinton once enjoyed over Senator Obama among African-Americans has disappeared. He's even cut into her support from women.

The Clinton campaign has reacted to this change in fortune by going into what can only be described as panic mode. Using political surrogates, campaign apparatchiks, and an increasingly indignant former president, the senator's nomination drive has engaged in a level of innuendo remarkable in its sleaziness.

Days after the firing of a campaign worker who passed along e-mail suggesting Senator Obama was a Manchurian candidate, Billy Shaheen, the co-chair of the Clinton New Hampshire campaign, said Senator Obama would be vulnerable to Republican attack because of his admitted drug use as a teenager. Mr. Shaheen resigned and Senator Clinton apologized.

Shortly after that, former President Bill Clinton questioned Senator Obama's credentials to be president after praising his "tremendous political skills. " In that vein, former Sen. Bob Kerry of Nebraska cited Senator Obama's "Islamic" name and background in Indonesia as a valuable asset to the United States.

It was a disingenuous and back-handed compliment, for which Senator Kerry has apologized. But it wasn't as tacky as the comment by former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young, who told a predominantly black audience that Bill Clinton was "blacker" than Senator Obama and that...

(Excerpt) Read more at toledoblade.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bernardschwartz; chung; herthighness; hillaryclinton; hollywoodgala; huang; jamesriady; lippobank; lippogroup; lippopacific; loral; normanhsu; panik; peterpaul; saveamerica; stophillary; trie; wangjun
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121 next last

1 posted on 12/24/2007 12:00:25 PM PST by jdm
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: jdm

Bob Kerrey, I believe.


2 posted on 12/24/2007 12:01:36 PM PST by Dionysiusdecordealcis
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

“I’m melting!!”


3 posted on 12/24/2007 12:02:33 PM PST by ozzymandus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

I’m looking forward to her playing the ‘He’s a Muslim!’ card.


4 posted on 12/24/2007 12:04:16 PM PST by Spok
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dionysiusdecordealcis

Right.

Bob KerrEy, former Senator.

[John Kerry has that same problem in the 04 campaign. He kept taking credit for several things KerrEy did in the Senate.]


5 posted on 12/24/2007 12:04:34 PM PST by TomGuy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: jdm

Run! Hillary, Run!!


6 posted on 12/24/2007 12:04:45 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
Using political surrogates, campaign apparatchiks, and an increasingly indignant, and impeached former president, the senator's nomination drive has engaged in a level of innuendo remarkable in its sleaziness.

That's better.

7 posted on 12/24/2007 12:05:16 PM PST by Mogollon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
But it wasn't as tacky as the comment by former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young, who told a predominantly black audience that Bill Clinton was "blacker" than Senator Obama and that he undoubtedly had "had" more black women.

This was an incredible statement by Young and got no traction whatsoever. Shameful.

8 posted on 12/24/2007 12:07:13 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
It remains to be seen whether she's willing to lose her soul in her quest for the presidency.

She lost her soul a long time ago, if she ever had one...

9 posted on 12/24/2007 12:07:39 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
It remains to be seen whether she's willing to lose her soul in her quest for the presidency.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

10 posted on 12/24/2007 12:07:59 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
It remains to be seen whether she's willing to lose her soul in her quest

Hard to loose what ya ain't got in the first place

11 posted on 12/24/2007 12:08:07 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

I bet she misses the “Presumptive Democrat nominee for President” articles from last year.


12 posted on 12/24/2007 12:08:42 PM PST by neodad (USS Wabash (AOR 5) The Wabash Cannonball)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
It remains to be seen whether she's willing to lose her soul in her quest for the presidency.

Where has this idiot been? That happened decades ago. The only difference between now and then is that she and Bill have added a few murders along the way (e.g., Vince Foster, Ron Brown, etc.).

13 posted on 12/24/2007 12:11:10 PM PST by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm

There are a SEVERAL MAJOR dynamics at work in Iowa that everyone is missing...

1) The Universities will be CLOSED on Election Day, so there will be no ready pool of “New, Young Voters” and volunteers for any of the campaigns to rely on...

2) This will be the FIRST Election coming DIRECTLY on the heels of large family gatherings.
How much are those “Family Arguments” at Holiday time going to influence the voters?

3) Many Iowans will be on the road, and away from home during the runup and decision phase of this campaign. How is being OUTSIDE of the Iowa Media bubble going to affect thier opinions?

4) It’s DEEP WINTER...
How will the weather affect the older, “Boomer” Democrats and Republicans abilities to get to the polls?

5) I’ve only seen ONE poll that has taken SECOND CHOICES, a critical element of the Iowa Caucus’s...


14 posted on 12/24/2007 12:11:19 PM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jdm
Only a month ago, her main rival, Sen. Barack Obama, was dismissed as a "lightweight" by the political establishment.

Obama is STILL a lightweight. Now it is obvious that Hillary has no substance.

15 posted on 12/24/2007 12:12:48 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Real men don't vote Democrat.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Spok
I’m looking forward to her playing the ‘He’s a Muslim!’ card.

How is it that the child of a Muslim and an Atheist is a Christian?

Just asking...

16 posted on 12/24/2007 12:14:18 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Real men don't vote Democrat.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Mogollon

If Bubba were a Republican his first name would have become Impeached, and his middle name, Disbarred.


17 posted on 12/24/2007 12:15:30 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: LibFreeOrDie

She never had one.


18 posted on 12/24/2007 12:15:32 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: jdm

When will this “Empress” realize that she has no clothes?


19 posted on 12/24/2007 12:17:03 PM PST by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cowboy Bob

It is possible that he could become a Christian.


20 posted on 12/24/2007 12:17:56 PM PST by rdl6989
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson