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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...

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: txrangerette

“there isn’t a Muslim running for President.”

We disagree.


61 posted on 12/24/2007 1:06:37 PM PST by Sunny Poipu (Somebody else in Sunny Poipu for a while.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

the truth rarely does


62 posted on 12/24/2007 1:08:12 PM PST by beebuster2000 (choice is not not peace or war, but small war now, or big war later masquerading as peace now.)
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To: Graybeard58

Yes — The Wicked Witch of the East: Washington.


63 posted on 12/24/2007 1:11:52 PM PST by Rocko ( "Where's the global warming? It's freezing in here." -- Bob Dylan)
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To: jalisco555; Ancesthntr; imahawk; null and void
Sorry, guys.....and on Christmas Eve as well.

Looks like coal in my stocking.

Merry Christmas!

64 posted on 12/24/2007 1:17:02 PM PST by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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To: Churchillspirit
If it's any comfort:

I put a lump of coal in my then 7 yo daughter's stocking.

She was delighted.

She knew it meant a trip to the snow to make a snowman...

65 posted on 12/24/2007 1:22:32 PM PST by null and void (I've always liked Ron Paul, he is not a like a serial rapist. - rovenstinez)
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To: null and void

I remember when I was about 8 or 9 years old and my dad decided that my older brother had had the chore of carrying in the coal long enough and that it was time to pass it to me.

Sounded like a glamorous and big boy job at the time. The glamour wore off rather quickly though.

All of which has nothing to do with what you posted or the article itself, just reminising (even if I can’t spell it and am too lazy to look it up)

By the way, dad told me to carry a bucket in each hand, that way I wouldn’t tip over.


67 posted on 12/24/2007 1:48:19 PM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58; Admin Moderator

I don’t think Registered’s materials are permitted here, by his demand.


68 posted on 12/24/2007 1:50:49 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 47% negatives)
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To: Petronski; Admin Moderator

oops, I will notify mod via abuse button, that way it gets his/her attention.


69 posted on 12/24/2007 1:52:22 PM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Petronski

too late, its gone.


70 posted on 12/24/2007 1:53:05 PM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58; Petronski

N/p, I already took care of it. Thanks.


71 posted on 12/24/2007 1:54:15 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator

That’s the second time I’ve posted it, since I don’t know what thread it was on, I will go to photobucket and delete it there. I think that will remove it from F.R.

I plead ignorance.


72 posted on 12/24/2007 1:55:12 PM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58

Thank you and Merry Christmas!


73 posted on 12/24/2007 1:55:55 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Churchillspirit

Gee, thanks for that imagery. Merry Christmas to you too.


74 posted on 12/24/2007 1:57:00 PM PST by guido911 (Islamic terrorists are members of the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
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To: jdm

"P-S-S-S-S-S-T-T-T-T!! Did you hear about Johnny Edwards' love child...
Did you know that Barack HUSSEIN Obama, the MUSLIM smoked pot and took drugs?"




How dare you Blacks call this liberal a Racist!

75 posted on 12/24/2007 1:58:03 PM PST by Grampa Dave ("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!"- Jim Robinson, Sept, 30, 2007)
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To: jdm
It remains to be seen whether she's willing to lose her soul in her quest for the presidency.

That evil witch has no soul.

76 posted on 12/24/2007 1:58:50 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

“She lost her soul” but not her broom.


77 posted on 12/24/2007 1:58:55 PM PST by hgro (Jerry Riversd)
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To: jdm

I love it! Hillary finally got her big chance now she is going down. She will totally lose it if this continues. It will be fun to watch.


78 posted on 12/24/2007 2:02:07 PM PST by apt4truth
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To: sport
When the Clinton campaign hits panic mode you will start seeing her opponents committing suicide and dying in airplane crashes.

I didn't see the "panic mode" ether. Everything in this article fits with the Clinton SOP we've seen for years.

79 posted on 12/24/2007 2:06:31 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Cowboy Bob

He probably “converted” when it became politically expedient.


80 posted on 12/24/2007 2:07:07 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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