The Phantom of the Oprah
Jan 21, 2008 Political
Oprah Winfrey has been very vocal in her support for B. Hussein Obama. In her first venture into the political scene, Winfrey campaigned for Obama at several events and he is the only candidate that has appeared on her show. Winfrey has been paying a bit of a price for her support of Obama and has been labeled a traitor by women who think she should be supporting Hillary Clinton.
This kind of thinking is very dangerous for the political scene because it places emphasis on a physical characteristic rather than on policy issues and qualification for the job. Winfrey is in a particularly difficult position because if she supports Clinton she will be labeled a traitor by the blacks who support Obama. Race and sex are not supposed to play into the selection process and picking a candidate based solely upon those, or any other characteristics, is a silly way to select leaders. Imagine what kind of uproar there would be if famous male supporters of Hillary were labeled traitors by other men who think a male should be president or if whites were labeled traitors for their support of Obama.
Think of how ridiculous it would be if the supporters of other candidates did the same thing. The elderly and Vietnam vets would label other elderly or VN vets who do not support McCain as traitors. Balding men would label as traitors those who do not support Thompson, evangelicals label other evangelicals as traitors for not supporting Huckabee, trial lawyers would label other trial lawyers as traitors for not supporting Edwards, those who have been divorced several times would labels others with that history as traitors for not supporting Giuliani and successful businessmen would label other successful businessmen as traitors for not supporting Romney.
Ron Paul supporters already label anyone who does not support Paul as a traitor.
These examples are just as ridiculous as concentrating on the fact that Obama is black or Hillary is a woman. Of course these are barriers that have never been broken but electing someone just to break that “glass ceiling” (as Hillary calls it) is not the correct way to select leaders. If one is a liberal there are many reasons to vote for Clinton or Obama and if one is a Conservative there are plenty of reasons not to vote for either of them. The color or sex of the candidates does not fit into this equation.
In order to see how invalid the idea of support based upon color or sex is one only needs to ask the question; is it OK to oppose Clinton because she is a woman or Obama because he is black? Would a person who said that he will not vote for Clinton solely because she is a woman be labeled a sexist and would a person who says that he would not vote for Obama solely because he is black be labeled a racist? If the answer is yes (and we know the answer is yes) then support based upon those two items is just as wrong.
This country is ready for a woman president and it is ready for a black president and there are plenty of both who would do a great job. These two just are not the ones.
Clinton Backers Want to Suppress Vote, Bill Agrees
Jan 17, 2008 Political
The vote in Nevada is an interesting thing because back in March of last year it was agreed upon that the casinos would be used to caucus for candidates. The Nevada Democratic Party agreed to this as did all the players involved including the teacher’s unions. The Culinary Worker’s Union endorsed B. Hussein Obama and its 60,000 members are the ones who work in those casinos. Two days after the endorsement, groups that agreed to the casino caucus sites filed a lawsuit to reverse this process. I know in my heart that if the union had endorsed Clinton this would not be an issue. It is important to note that the Clinton campaign did not file the suit but in this interview, it is obvious that Bill Clinton agrees with it.
Notice that Bill says that the votes will count 5 times more than other votes. This is a lie. It is not unusual for caucus sites to weight the votes to encourage candidates to visit outlying areas that would otherwise be ignored. Bill makes it sound as if this was just discovered and that it is a travesty of justice. Notice the typical Clinton style of turning it around and asking accusatory questions. “So you believe it is fair to…” The fact is, every participant last March, as the report states, knew exactly what was involved in this process and how the votes would be weighted. It is obvious that Hillary expected to pick up the endorsement of the Culinary Union.
It is also noteworthy that Clinton discusses whether it is fair for people to get to caucus at a work site. He wants to know how many others are able to take off to caucus. Well, the teacher’s unions in each state get to caucus because the schools are usually closed because many of them are polling places. In this case, the caucus is on a Saturday so the biggest group of people who will actually be working are the members of the union that happened to endorse Clinton’s main opponent.
Bill Clinton leaves no question that he (and by extension, the campaign) supports the lawsuit and that he wants the unions workers to be disenfranchised. If the union had endorsed Clinton and Obama backers had filed the lawsuit the Clintons would be
Tags: Clinton, culinary union, disenfranchisement, lawsuit, nevada, Obama
Clinton: Obama is Establishment Man
Jan 16, 2008 Political
This is rich. Hillary Clinton was hoping for the endorsement of the largest union in Nevada but it went to Obama so Bill Clinton says it shows Obama is an establishment man. This is just too funny to be true. If Hillary had picked up the endorsement Bill would have been saying that the workers recognized her commitment to the working class folks who make America what it is. Hillary has other endorsements and some of them are from unions so does this also make her an “establishment” woman?
Clinton also had a few other interesting comments while speaking about his contractual spouse.
Bill Clinton said he talked with many of the 60,000-member Culinary Union’s rank-and-file who intend to ignore the endorsement and vote for his wife.
“In this case the establishment organization is with him and the insurgents are with her.” USA Today
It is interesting that Bill would make a big deal out of the fact that a few people he talked to in the Culinary Union are voting for Hillary. This happens all the time. If a candidate gets an endorsement from a union some members vote for another person. Bill acts like this is a big deal, as if any union that endorses Hillary has 100% of its members vote for her. I also doubt his claim that he spoke with “many” of the members given that there are 60,000 of them. It is also interesting that the insurgents are voting for Hillary. I believe we can make that claim world wide. The terrorists would certainly side with a candidate with a familial history of selling out our country. It is also interesting that he took a swipe at the union leadership in this fashion. The leadership of a union never bothered him when he was getting their endorsements.
I wonder if any of the MSM will ask Bill if Hillary is an establishment candidate because of any of the endorsements she holds or any she might receive. This could be a double edged sword. If Hillary gets the nomination this union is certain to endorse her because she is a Democrat. Then she will be the establishment candidate and we have Bill’s words to verify that claim.
The Clintons are sellers of snake oil and they will say or do anything to get back in the White House. Bill Clinton feels he owes Hillary the dedication after he embarrassed their family and since they had a lifelong pledge to help each other become president. Hillary, for her part, believes she is entitled to the presidency and that Obama should wait his turn as if people in America get turns at the office. All this talk of Hillary being the candidate of the people is pure BS. She is on a power trip and a quest to make this country a bastion of socialism.
Hillary Clinton has a dismal record. She has done very little as a Senator and she did very little as the US First Lady and the First lady of Arkansas. All this blather about helping kids or some other program is a smoke screen. She has no record that is worthy of the presidency and she acknowledges this by refusing to release her records from the time she was in the White House. Bill’s claim that she is able to work with republicans is hollow when one considers that she could not do that with health care. She even had Democrats who did not support her plan.
Yes, Hillary has been in the Senate, her gift for enduring an adulterer rapist husband. Let’s face it, she would not have been in the public’s eye if it were not for the fact that she slept with the president and she would not have won the Senate seat in New York if her husband had not had sex with an intern. Her stints as First Lady (of Arkansas and the US) were the result of her marriage so any accomplishments she has, and there are very few, are the result of her marriage of convenience.
Hillary will lose Nevada. She is Satan.
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Tags: BS, Clinton, nevada, power trip, union support
Is Chelsea Clinton Hurting the Poor?
Jan 14, 2008 Political
Chelsea Clinton works for a hedge fund that was established by friends and supporters of her mother. It is not a stretch to say that the job was a gift to the Clinton family. I don’t begrudge the girl work but I have to ask if she is part of the problem that plagues this country right now?
Chelsea Clinton is taking time off from her job with Avenue Capital Group, a New York hedge fund, to promote the campaign of her mother, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Stanford Daily
John Edwards went after hedge funds and their tax structure but he was associated with one. Hedge funds have been blamed for fueling problems in the sub prime housing markets leading to record foreclosures. Is Chelsea, the daughter of the people’s champion, helping to cause the problems for those who cannot afford their houses?
Another question. Is Chelsea receiving her salary during this time off? If the company is paying her to go around and campaign for her mother, isn’t that a campaign contribution? Is it a violation of FEC rules?
Tags: chelsea, Clinton, fec, hedge funds
Clintons Defend Racist Remarks
Jan 12, 2008 Political
Looks like the Clintons are now finding out what Republicans have to go through all the time but what most Democrats get a free pass on and that is the issue of race. Any Republican who makes a remark that is perceived as racist is boycotted by those idiots Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. It becomes a circus while the race hustlers have people kissing their rear ends begging for forgiveness. Then, ultimately, the person who offended the black community loses a job or position or some other thing because God knows we can’t offend the race hustlers.
The Democrats always get a pass. Hillary speaks in a black voice and talks about plantations and she is excused. There are plenty of examples of this. Hell, it isn’t only race. It deals with sex as well. Let a Republican talk about women and he is a sexist pig with NOW having a cow. Let Clinton rape women and let Ted Kennedy kill them and there is nary a word. Let’s face it, Hillary is only a viable candidate because of her husband. She had an unremarkable career and only has name recognition because of him. Without his sexcapades she might not have even been elected to the Senate. NOW surely does not chide her for needing a man to get ahead. She is qualified because she slept with the president…
Back to the point. The Clinton campaign is trying to put an end to the outrage over some comments made by them which were taken as racist by many in the black community. Bill and Hillary are used to having their way with the black community but now that a brother is running for the White House (kind of ironic when you think about it) they are fair game just as any Republican would be. Bill had to go on the Sharpton radio show to kiss his butt and explain what he said. Bill told Al that the campaign was not a fairy tale after stating that it was (which started the mess for him).
Bill was on some satellite radio program where he talked in circles, lied through his teeth, and generally used a lot of words to say nothing of substance. The Clintons also have to worry about the South Carolina primary because the black vote is capable of making the difference. In addition, New York, once though to be in the bag for Hillary, is now considered in play. The Clintons have probably feared this the whole time but never really thought it would happen. Now people can complain about the race issue being brought up (it was not raised by Obama) but no one gave it a second thought when Hillary was playing the gender card.
It is fun watching them squirm and it would be great to see the black vote ruin her after all the years the Clintons pandered to blacks and then abandoned them after the votes were counted.
As for the racism, let us not forget that Obama is probably a racist as well. He hangs with Sharpton and other shady characters who hate white people and make racist remarks about them. As one of the other bloggers put it, Obama is a smile in an empty suit. However, that empty suit is just as racist as the Clintons are made out to be.
But the black guy will always get the pass on that issue. Look at Sharpton and all he has gotten away with. Kos was interested in helping the Republicans fight with each other blah, blah. It appears that the black guy and the racist woman in the Democratic party might cause a lot of fragmentation. If they are not careful the Breck girl John Edwards might sneak in.
It is getting fun and keep this in mind. If the Clintons did not think they had made racist remarks (they probably meant to and figured they would not be taken as such) then why are they all over the airwaves and TV shows defending what they said?
They know they are wrong and they are now pandering.
Hillary is Satan.
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