Michael Moore said in a recent email: "But we know that the Democrats are experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and if there's a way to blow this election, they will find it and do it with gusto. "
And the Clintons--aka Hillbilly--will take us there. To paraphrase the elder "statesman," "Shame on them." Wake up, America, and acknowledge the lies and deceit that are the Clinton's modus operandi. The American people will NEVER elect Hillary Clinton as president. If she gets the Democratic nomination nod, it assures a continuing Republican (war-mongering) White House.
THIS IS A RECENT BLOG POSTED ON CNN:
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Calculating the Clintons
-- Carl Bernstein, CNN Contributor
The calculated decision that Bill Clinton will lead his wife's attack on Barack Obama -- here and now, and increasingly leading up to the February 5 Super Tuesday primaries -- represents a shift in the fundamental Democratic campaign dynamic, which is unnerving influential Democrats, both in her camp and Obama's.
They fear that the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has thus taken on an ugly aspect that is already spinning out of control, and could damage the party's chances in November; strip the former President of his unique position as the Democrats' most popular and influential figure; and -- worst of all -- focus attention not on electing Sen. Hillary Clinton as president, but rather, the less palatable question of the Clintons' -- plural -- restoration to the White House.
The whole question of Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and their difficult relationship to the truth is now front and center. Or, as one of the Clintons' suppoters put it to me, "The circus is back. Many Democrats may love Bill Clinton -- and they do -- but not many relish the prospect of the circus back on center-stage" in American life.
However, the Clintons believe this course -- with Bill Clinton leading a careful but unrelenting attack on Obama's credibility and credentials -- may be the only way to reduce the chances that Hillary Clinton could get grievously injured in the February 5 Super Tuesday primaries and lose the nomination to Obama. (Editor's note: Carl Bernstein discusses his views with Anderson on tonight's 360 at 10p ET. Posted By CNN: 8:05 PM ET)
HERE IS MY COMMENT, POSTED ON THE AFOREMENTIONED CNN BLOG:
Hillary Clinton should lose the nomination to Barack Obama. As a voter--since 1972--who has ALWAYS voted Democratic, I cannot and will not support "politics-as-usual" Clinton. If Hillary gets the Democratic nod, it is tantamount to allowing the Republicans to keep the White House. It will happen. The country will not elect Hillary as president.
Beyond her polarizing impact, she and her husband bring such baggage that the Republicans won't even have to be choosy about the fodder for attacks. Ugly, ugly. I am disgusted, insulted and embarrassed that Bill Clinton stoops so low (what's new?) to smear Barack Obama with lies and slurs. The Democrats are really a stupid bunch--take an up-and-coming brilliant star such as Obama--and blow him to smithereens. That is just what our country needs....
Barack Obama HAD TO stand up to the lies and prove he would not roll over and play nice or play dead in the face of the two-teaming tactics of the Clintons. This is an e arly scrimage for him. The Republicans, however, would have to dig pretty deep to discredit him. Hillary Clinton took more than $800,000 from a donor who is being indicted under really shady circumstances. Obama's contributions from Rizco (sp?) is a mere tempest in a teapot. Have American politics really met a new low? No one of worth will want to run for important offices. Why subject yourself to threats, falsehoods, smears and lies?
Should a Republican return to office, in the face of the George W. Bush legacy. it signals to me that our country is irreparable in the short-term. And, the short-term is at least a generation. I can't wait. I won't wait.
As a 13-year-old, I volunteered for Robert F. Kennedy's California campaign. It is the only time and last time I really believed in a politician. A function of my impressionable age, no doubt. Well, I still am impressionable. And this is my impression: I cannot live in a country that will not recognize the dishonesty of the Clintons and return a Republican to office following the disaster we call the Bush Administration. Good luck, y'all.
Posted By KAR, Bakersfield, California : 12:42 AM ET
I have been closely following the primaries and will continue to post observations and pertinent blogs, articles, and facts.
