Obama is stuck in a position where he has to keep absorbing these hits but can't hit back for fear of alienating Clinton's voters. She keeps using this to batter him. She even used this strategy to defend her horrific comments about RFK's assassination. How? We explain in the video below:
Here is actual the paragraph from the Hillary editorial I am quoting above:
I'm sick of her tactics, her excuses, her lies and her disingenuous reasons for continuing to stay in the race. It has absolutely nothing to do with these voters. It has to do with the fact that she cannot believe she won't get to be president -- what she had always assumed to be her right. She suffered through all of Bill's dalliances just so she could get into this position. She was the anointed one. It was supposed to be her. She cannot and she will not let it go. And it has now become sad and embarrassing.I am running for all those women in their 90s who've told me they were born before women could vote, and they want to live to see a woman in the White House. For all the women who are energized for the first time, and voting for the first time. For the little girls - and little boys - whose parents lift them onto their shoulders at our rallies, and whisper in their ears, "See, you can be anything you want to be." As the first female candidate in this position, I believe I have a responsibility to finish this race.
I am running for all the men and women I meet who wake up every day and work hard to make a difference for their families. People who deserve a shot at the American Dream - the chance to save for college, a home and retirement; to afford quality health care for their families; to fill the gas tank and buy the groceries with a little left over each month.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 9)
1. Hillary Clinton lost all credibility when she stated she would use nuclear weapons agains Iran if they attacked Israel. Such reckless and more-macho-than-thou rhetoric is not only detrimental to our reputation abroad but is the most vile and unforgivable type of grandstanding and political demogogary.
Being a woman and a former Clinton supporter, it made me ashamed to hear this. Being an American, I am angerered.
Joan Bartos at 3:00AM on May 28th 2008
2. I though the Clinton remarks were very inspirational. But then again, Obama has proven he is anti women, and he and his supporters are living in the 19th century.
They are trying to get Clinton to quit. They don't like our democratic process.
The problem for them is Obama is not electable. Clinton will cream McCain. Obama and his supporters have shredded the Democratic Big Tent and if he is nominated, the Democratic Party is going to implode.
Polls show Clinton with 300 electoral votes. Obama bare registers on the radar screen.
No way independants, women, the working class, and middle of the roaders will vote for the racist, sexist, bigoted, lying Obama.
Go to this web site to sign the petition stating that if Obama is nominated you will vote McCain or write in a vote, or sit out the election.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Nobama
cdnbirch at 4:20AM on May 28th 2008
3. Obama pretty much has the nomination locked up and will handily beat McSame in the general dispite losing the votes of some of these rabid, ignorant and bitter Clinton supporters like the hateful cndbirch above. Sounds like they're more suited to the Republican Party anyway. They'd rather have more Scalia's on the Supreme Court than support Obama. Bitter, sore losers!!!
Tim at 4:50AM on May 28th 2008
4. I think I agree with CDN Birch. (This is slightly miraculous.) I love Obama's little put-downs of women. "Sweetie?" Excuse me. What a jerk.
For a guy who's supposed to be so smart, Obama makes an awful lot of dumb mistakes: "America, the land of 57 states". Huh? And talking to veterans on Memorial Day, he referred to the "fallen heroes" in the audience. Hey Barrack, if they're fallen, their dead. And unless this is "Weekend at Berny's" the folks in the audience are very much alive. Oops.
And don't talk about his ears. Or his Pastor. Or his grandmother. Or his domestic terrorist friends. Or his policies. He's about to be corronated as king. If you question this man, you're just an unspeakable bigot. And Hill needs to fall down at his feet and worship too, if she knows what's good for her.
Excuse me, but Hillary has a majority of the popular vote. Haven't Dems been screaming for the last 8 years about how Al Gore got rooked? "He won the popular vote!!!"
But I guess the popular vote isn't worth a Hill of beans now. Ever shifting rationales show how little principal the Democrat party really has and how susceptible they really are to a good looking, articulate charlatan. But we knew that.
Dave at 5:26AM on May 28th 2008
5. Cenk
Hillary has been the victim of attacks on her being a woman. But Obama is careful not to dirty his hands, but does slip sometimes like with his condenscending "Sweetie" remark, or even letting his elitist remarks slip out about Pa. voters hanging onto their guns and bibles.
Obama has his puppets like Cenk do his dirty work. Cenk, your news blog has been 100% anti Hillary and many times downright nasty. You drag Hillary into the mud while Obama keeps his hands clean.
Obama gets a pass from Cenk and others on his stupid remarks about 57 States, or his Memorial Day stupid memory lapse involving his family. Obama stated in a speech he gave in New Mexico on Memorial Day that a sibling of his parents was interned at Auschwitz, when it was actually his Great Uncle who was interned at Buchenwald. Kind of stupid for the Messiah.
As Dave stated in Post#4, don't dare talk about Obama's Reverend,his terrorist friends, his friends who a criminals/felons, or his birth or religious background, and your called a bigot or a racist.
Hillary talks about the Kennedy assassination, a mistake, but then the Obama supporters say what Hillary really ment was for someone to assassinate Obama. What political trash talk that Obama said he was above. What Obama does is have others doing the trash talk on Hillary.
The Democrat has screwed this election process up so bad. They who wanted every vote to count, which really ment every vote they wanted should count. Florida and Michigan lost the voting rights. Now it appears that Hillary has the popular vote over Obama, but Obama wants Hillary to drop out. I thought with Gore, popular vote the important thing and the electorial college was robbing the US voters of their choice. The thing the Dem's are now maybe doing to Hillary.
Cenk, you are a loser and your fellow losers will drag the Democrat Party to defeat in an election they should win, just as you did in 2000 and 2004
Obama is a Muslim at 6:14AM on May 28th 2008
6. These same bitter Clinton supporters who claim that they will vote for McCain will also be the same ones who will be the most vocal, should McCain win and start appointing Supreme Court Justices that overrule Roe vs. Wade and ban abortion. Then these smug women will have no one but themselves for this outcome. It only takes a small percentage to upset the outcome in a close election, especially if Ralph Nader decides to throw his hat into the ring as he did in 2000.
Arjay Rabar at 7:31AM on May 28th 2008
7. From Cenk:
"It has to do with the fact that she cannot believe she won't get to be president -- what she had always assumed to be her right. She suffered through all of Bill's dalliances just so she could get into this position. She was the anointed one. It was supposed to be her. She cannot and she will not let it go."
Funny, when precisely this was suggested years ago by those not so enamored with the Clinton's, they were blasted as vindictive, mean spirited and anti-woman by the folks on your side of the fence.
So either it's been true all along and you're just a slow learner, or it isn't and you're applying the tactics of those you so despise in support of your candidate.
Either way, it makes it pretty hard for you to claim any sort of intellectual or ethical high ground.
I suppose there's a third option. That you knew it all along but were perfectly willing to ignore it as long as Bill and Hillary told you the things you wanted to hear.
If that's at all a possibility, I'd suggest pondering what you might ignoring as regards your current silver-tongued orator/candidate.
bob at 7:47AM on May 28th 2008
8. Arjay
Fear junk again. Are you not tired of the same old fear tatics? Same was said about Bush, and what happened-nothing.
McCain gets elected, House and Senate will be Democrat controlled, so HOW will McCain get those type of Supreme Court Judges appointed?
Fear, hate-bywords of the Obama campaign.
A few days ago same old junk about Social Security and McCain ruining it. Even if he was hell bent on that, the Democrat and House Controlled Senate would not allow it.
We could also say that if Obama gets elected, he would appoint Left Wing Liberal Judges who would change laws with a left wing slant on the judgements.
Obama is a Muslim at 8:01AM on May 28th 2008
9. Still I like Hillary Cenk. I like you very much,too.
marcia at 9:20AM on May 28th 2008
10. "No way independants, women, the working class, and middle of the roaders will vote for the racist, sexist, bigoted, lying Obama.
Go to this web site to sign the petition stating that if Obama is nominated you will vote McCain or write in a vote, or sit out the election.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Nobama"
cdnbirch at 4:20AM on May 28th 2008
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You are wrong about women and independents. Who are you to speak for all of us? I am a woman and I can't stand Hillary Clinton. Just because she is a woman doesn't mean she automatically gets my vote. Hillary voters may be very vocal, but others will keep silent and vote with their ballots in November. In any case, a plan to "write in" a candidate or to vote for McCain means McCain will win in November. I almost have to laugh at the logic of that one. Cutting off your nose to spite your face is a good reason this election's Dems shouldn't be running the White House.
Ang at 9:31AM on May 28th 2008
11. Obama will be the nominee and I see no way he can win in the general election. Clinton is busy making sure that she cannot be his VP, while making it look like it is Obama who keeps her out of the position so she can pull her voters with her when she acts slighted. Why Democrats hurt their cause by insisting on running two such very flawed candidates, I do not know. I do know that both Hillary and Bill Clinton have ruined their postition in the Democratic party and they are going to take all their followers like Terri McAuliffe with them. Their have run a very poor canpaign this time around...gone through tens of millions of dollars with no thought to anything past super tuesday because they truly believed Hillary would walk on air into the presidency, Bill Clinton has lost his mind and it is showing, they have whined, used the race card, used the sex card, used the "every vote counts" card which REALLY riles up Democrats, and nothing they try is working...she will lose the nomination and should lose her Senate seat if the people of NY have any sense at all. This election has shown her to ineffective in bringing jobs to NY, in fact they have lost many jobs. It has shown her congenital lying problem, it has highlighted her multiple personalities, it has shown her willingness to throw black American's under the bus for personal gain, it has shown what many of us have always known...both Clintons are seriously flawed and unfit for office.
falling at 9:37AM on May 28th 2008
12. You are the biggest woman hater yet!!!!!!!!! The nerve of you to say this about women who are working hard to make a strong positive difference in this country!!!!!!!! We support Hillary and she supports us, plain and simple. We believe in her abiity to do the job. How dare you trivialize that down to a political ploy!!!!!!!!! Get a life and a REAL job!
sam at 9:43AM on May 28th 2008
13. Hillary may have the support of older white women, but Obama is winning on the support of the 90 percent of African-American voters. But you can't mention that; it's politically incorrect. It's also funny when you hear Obama supporters say we must vote for Obama because the Supreme Court judges hang in the balance. If you ask them why, the only answer they have is Roe v Wade. Well neither of the two Bush's or Reagan were able to overturn that. And of course I will be called a racist by saying that the women who tend not to take advantage of Roe v Wade just happen to be African American.
Danyal at 9:55AM on May 28th 2008
14. Actually, Danyal, there is a very high rate of abortion in inner cities because the late Margaret Sanger, an avowed racist and liberal icon, didn't think blacks should reproduce and targeted them with lots of Planned Parenthood clinics. Nice.
Dave at 10:04AM on May 28th 2008
15. Why in America would any sensible persons
sit out the opportunity to cast their vote,people died for the chance to have a say as to whom they see as the president that will bring about positive changes in the lives of americans, and helping improve our images else where!
sharp at 10:12AM on May 28th 2008