Posted on 08/25/2008 10:48:48 AM PDT by HAL9000
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In May 2006, Clinton herself had interviewed another experienced campaign consultant, Steve Hildebrand, but had turned him down. The time was not right. And she had plenty of time. But it would prove to be a costly mistake. A few months later, Steve Hildebrand would play a key role in persuading Barack Obama to run for president.Hillary still was not worried. She would put together a great campaign team, a Dream Team. It did not turn out that way. “Happy families are alike,” Leo Tolstoy famously wrote. “Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The Hillary Clinton campaign was an unhappy family.
I was told by Clinton campaign staffers that Mike Henry, the deputy campaign manager, stalked Clinton headquarters in Ballston, Va., with a baseball bat in his hand.
I was told that Patti Solis Doyle stayed in her office watching soap operas and refused to return the phone calls of governors, members of Congress and Bill Clinton.
I was told that there were suspicions that Mark Penn, the campaign’s pollster and chief strategist, “cooked the books” in presenting his polling results. (All denied the accusations.) It was that kind of campaign.
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It's more like Hillary outsmarted herself.
The Convention is not yet over; the nomination not yet voted upon.
Hard to say that she’s been outsmarted quite yet...
“How Barack Obama Outsmarted Hillary Clinton”
He wuz black.
Pretty much it.
EXACTLY....Obammy has got nothing as of this moment in time. He might win it, but I belive that Hillary! is running a silent coup d’etat, and will be the nominee
She probably had a good reason to not return Bill Clinton's calls. She didn't want to get Willey'ed.
She let an upstart take away what the MSM was handing her. They keep jabbering about “key” mistakes she made, she was the mistake. She couldn't really relate to people as hard as they tried to sell that, because she's totally consumed by her ambitions, totally focused inward and unable to project real interest in anything not related to her blind ambition. Successful politicians either learn to fake empathy (her husband) or are genuinely likable people (Reagan). This hag could do neither.
The MSM and her machine will continue to keep her in the public eye, but millions of us are dreaming of the day we know longer have the Clinton's cast their dark and pestilent shadow across the American landscape.
The world’s smartest woman outsmarted by the magic negro. Rich.
More like Hillary under-estimated how unelectable she was. She figured she could bully her way into the whitehouse, but failed.
Amen, say it again.
All I would add is that when the convention is over, if Obama is nominated, it is STILL not over.
The Clintons never give up, never fold, never go away, never suffer embarrassment, and never give a sh*t how much most people hate them no matter how audacious their machinations. And they still own the mass media, the Obama phenomena notwithstanding...
The Clintons just survive and prosper, and it is always at the massive expense of the american people and our liberty and sovereignty.
Shrillary’s main problem is that she is NOT “likable enough”
She is cold, dull, lacking in warmth or any hint of charisma
The MSM and the Clintonista machine were ready to hand everything to her, and she thought she would waltz her way in, but as soon as Obambi proved he could win a few she was on the ropes
Exactly, recall the thread last week about the delegate math. The CLinotns only need to persuade about 40 or 50 superdelegates, out of nearly 800, to change their mind to keep Obambi from winning on the first ballot, then it’s all hell breaking loose.
Released Delegates + Florida + Michigan + Birth Certificate = Hillary/Villaraigosa!
The 40 to 50 delegates is like 5% of the total...enough to throw it open to a floor fight.
My money is on the Clinton’s. As much as I despised them, they run a ruthless political machine and they don’t lose. Especially to a punk like Obammy.
No Bill Clinton could fake a heart attack in the middle of his speech and be carted off to the hospital—Hillary could rush to his side and let Chelse do her speech and she could just talk about her Poor Mom and Dad. This would rain on Obama, make him look small and petit as America’s Greatest President fights for his life. In this way Hillary would not have to grit her teeth and say nice things about the Magic Negro. She would rip the spotlight off of Obama and on to her and Bill.
What else could she do? Start her speech then faint at the podium and be carried away. Then she could tell the press she is Pregnant! (That Bill!) If she isn’t she can fake a miscarriage and gain sympathy.
She will make nice—say how bad Bush is and praise Obama up the yazoo—hoping in her heart he fails.
Thanks for posting this! It’s a very long, but fascinating read. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor several times in order to continue reading.
Inevitability sure ain’t what it used to be, is it, Hill?
Very interesting post!
Oh, and my favorite line in the article?
“No, thanks, I’ve seen The Vagina Monologues”!
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