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The Tonya Harding Option
Mar 26th 2008 9:59AM
Filed Under:eHillary Clinton, Featured Stories, 2008 President, 2008 Governor
When all else fails, hire someone to take out a kneecap. From Jake Tapper:
l just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of this Democratic fight.
The delegate math is difficult for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, the official said. But it's not a question of CAN she achieve it. Of course she can, the official said.
...
She will have to "break his back," the official said. She will have to destroy Obama, make Obama completely unacceptable.
I have my doubts. Oh, no doubts about Hillary's willingness to be a Tonya Harding, or her willingness to send out Bill or anyone else to play Jeff Gilooly. No, my doubts center more around if she can destroy Obama. If she had a dealbreaker for Barack, it would have been deployed by now.
The time to do so would have been super Tuesday or sooner. As much as I'm enjoying the thought, I think Obama's too strong and even slimy dirty attacks will reach a point of diminishing returns for Hillary. She can bring him down, but she won't be able to push herself up.
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 4)tzada11:08AMMar 26th 2008
Hillary is a fighter, and the thing about her is she would fight all alone if need be. Not many things I admire about her, but she has guts.
There are so many things hidden in plain sight about Obama. The question here is why do they remain just under the surface? Why is the media supporting Obama?
Anyone of the things could out slime anything Hillary's long list of "sins".
My opinion is. Hillary's "sins" personal vendetta, Barack's not so much.
tzada11:42AMMar 26th 2008
This is off topic, but no on topic place to put it.
Just Follow the Money....
Big money in politics - sign of excess?
By Deborah Charles
The unusually long race for the White House -- which began in earnest more than a year ago -- has been a cash bonanza, especially for Democrats who are breaking all records.
Groups like U.S. PIRG and the Center for Responsive Politics say while the use of the Internet has allowed many more people to take part by donating small amounts of money, the bulk of the fund-raising is still from large donors.
"Yes it's a lot of money. But really -- it's less about the overall amount of money than where that money is coming from and who is supplying it," said Klaman.
Massie Ritsch of the Center for Responsive Politics said even with the Internet contributions, only about 4 percent of Americans make a contribution to a federal politician.
"The bulk of the money is coming from a tiny group of largely wealthy Americans who are having a great impact disproportionate to their numbers on something that should be important to everybody," he said.
Klaman agreed.
"That is what should frighten Americans -- when these guys get elected are they looking primarily out for the good of the people or are there debts that they need to pay back," he said.
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1.5 Million a day by Obama in Penn. Don't have stats on the others.
Davidg12:09PMMar 26th 2008
She does not have to "break his back" she just has to wait it out until his back breaks under the weight of his own lies.
eyes wide open12:58PMMar 26th 2008
hillary has shown the american people she will stop at nothing to get elected !!
shell lie .. i mean misspeak , cheat and go to the dark side (republican) if she has too
she keeps saying experience matters but...
ALL GOOD LIARS KNOW THAT!!!
OBAMA08
BUCKSKIN7111:15PMMar 26th 2008
ALL HILLARY HAS TO DO IS LET OBAMA KEEP FLAPPING HIS LYING MOUTH AND HE WILL SINK THE GOOD SHIP WRIGHT/OBAMA/FARRAHKAN/AYERS/AUCHI/REZKO/ETC ETC ETC ETC..........THEY KEEP SAYING HILLARY NEEDS TO DROP OUT. WHY ????? SHES NOT UN-AMERICAN, BUT OBAMA IS AND HE NEEDS TO GO BEFORE HE MAKES A BIGGER ASS OUT OF HIM AND HIS FOLLOWERS AND SUPPORTORS, KERRY, KENNEDY, RICHARDSON AND THE NATION OF ISLAM AND THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY.
Don19471:34PMMar 26th 2008
I am sorry, but Hillary is a professional liar. Ever since the start of the Lewinsky coverage when she on national TV, with a straight face only a PL can master, said "This is all just a vast right-wing conspiracy (out to get my husband)" I realized the depth of her "professionalism" in disguising the truth. Yeah sure Hillary, right-wing "snipers" were behind it all.
Bett12:34PMMar 26th 2008
All of you in the media are as corrupted as most politicians. You knew perfectly well that Obama had a lot of dirt and the republicans would use it to win, but you wanted his advertising dollars so you covered up and played him against Hillary, who is the only one that can beat McCain.
Now you are bashing her, but you forget,she is a woman and women are accustomed that they have to work harder and fight harder to get somewhere. Months ago she was critized for being calculating and ambitious, Obama is paraised for the same,you critize her clothe, but say nothng about his, according to you she lies,he makes bonehead mistakes. Well, I'm glad someone is fighting to keep these pastors and their radical ideas out of the white house and I congratulate Hillary on behalf of all the women like her who came before and fought for us to have the right to vote. If anyone is to be compared to Harding it's Obama, when he didn't disclose his true self and duped many into voting for him and while doing his dirty dealings with the superdelegates like that snake called Richardson,(I am hispanic) and stealing Florida and Michigan votes from her. That's Tanya Harding. Oh! but because he is a man and among the good old boys it's called cleverness and negotiation. It's acceptable. GO HILLARY, GO, ALL THE WAY TO THE CONVENTION. DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN.I will preffer to vote for McCain before I vote for Obama and the hell with the party. The Democratic party has done nothing to help Hillary, therefore,you are looking at a future family and friends of 657 people that will be joining the independents.
tomtrifik2:45PMMar 26th 2008
With tenths of THOUSANDS of baby turtles
being killed daily on our nations highways,
why is this even a topic of discussion!
Alert your local Postmaster,
Something Must Be Done!
NOW and Very Soon!
Poor Baby Turtles.
Hurting Sadness,
Suffering and
Endless Pain
or Squish.
Andrewcas2:50PMMar 26th 2008
Hillary will promise the world and deliver nothing – regular deceitful politican.
While campaigning for the senate in upstate New York, she promised 200, 000 new jobs to the area. Five years later there was a net LOSS of 20,000 and the loss is growing .
She suckered the workers in Ohio with a promise to create 5 million new jobs in America, and guaranteed it . . . . these poor souls will wait in vain. . . wages are so much lower overseas that the jobs that these people are trained for will NEVER COME BACK
Andrewcas2:57PMMar 26th 2008
Bill is receiving MILLIONS (his share in partnership with billionares (American and Arabs) investing in the Middle East . . . .
They want his wife as president. Is this the ultimate specail interest?
LET US SEE THE CLINTON"S TAX RETURNS !!!!!!!!
Andrewcas3:03PMMar 26th 2008
Hillary is NOT Bill.
She has an inflated ego and resume and is PATHOLOGICAL LIAR . . . her exageration of her trip to Bosnia is NOT ALL . . . Her contribution to the peace process in Northern Island was tea parties with Catholic and Protestant women, PERIOD. THAT WAS IT ! . . . . She claims to has played soccer in school. The problem is that her high school did not have a soccer team at that time, OOPS!
Davidg3:09PMMar 26th 2008
Pandorabama's box is open now...it's only a matter of time.
tom3:11PMMar 26th 2008
The problem with lies
is that Obama doesn't tell
lies
But I got a good one
inform everyone that
his farts smell
in fact they stink
believe me
I am telling the truth
Andrewcas3:13PMMar 26th 2008
Hillary is desperate ! How desperate? She sat down with the right wing news group that had accused her of murdering Vince Foster (White House Travelgate) and wanted to impeach her husband RE: Monica L. Her story: If she was Barack Obama, she would have quit her church. Machiavellian!
Andrewcas3:15PMMar 26th 2008
Dear Tom:
What was your nose doing so close to Obama's ass?
You Brown-noser!
SusanM3:21PMMar 26th 2008
The Hillary Clinton Song of Lamentations
WAAHH - The Media is being unfair to me with all this negative coverage. I have run a very POSITIVE campaign. Wolfson, Penn, Carvell and Ickes are positive. They are..yes they are..sob
WAAHH - I am not pimping my daughter. I just send her wherever I feel like I need to court young impressionable delegates. Chelsea Honey, wear a dress and fix your hair.
WAAHH - I don't have any money and Obama won't help me get free press coverage with debates. Even though we have already debated 20 times… Don't tell the voters, ok.
WAAHH- If States don't vote for me they don't matter.
WAAHH - I do have a message. It's changed alot. But now I am the middle class candidate. So what if I lived in the AK governor's mansion for 12 years, the White House for 8 and own multi-million dollar homes, I can still relate.
WAAHH- I want everyone to stop asking me to release my tax records. I may be worth 40 million but I AM THE MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE.
WAAHH- I did not take money from the Saudis or those crazy Arabs in Dubai. I don't know how their money got into my personal accounts.
WAAHH - Super delegates rule. Not the popular vote. Don't the American people get that!
WAAHH - I want the delegates in MI and FLA counted, even though I agreed to support the DNC rules. However, I don't remember doing that. When was that? Patti..oh that's right I fired you.
WAAHH- Why won't the DNC change their rules to benefit me!
WAAHH - Ok I did support NAFTA and voted to allow corporations to out source jobs. I did support the war in Iraq and now I don’t. How did those pesky voters find out?
WAAHH - I did not cry on cue and I do have real emotions. If I cry will you send me money? No I don't know where the $100,000,000 I raised went. Yes I did spend $100,000 on fruit trays. Please send me more money!
WAAHH - My campaign is not falling apart by infighting. I am the message and the message is me.
WAAHH- I do have 35 years of experience and so what if much of it is because of who I married. I had an impact on world events by having photo ops with folks like Cheryl Crow and Sinbad and having lunch with the depressing little people. I did so avoid sniper fire in Bosnia. Didn’t you see the fear on that little girl’s face when she met me at the plane? Incoming! I did not lie.
WAAHH - I did not fire Patti Solis Doyle and then try and pander to the Latinos by promising free trade.
WAAHH – I am not a monster and yes I did support water board torture and now I don’t because Obama doesn’t and the polls told me voters don’t like torture.
WAAHH – It’s 3 am and I can’t find the phone or Bill.
WAAHH – I’m behind in delegates and popular vote and Obama dissed me. He doesn’t want to be my Vice President. The nerve of that man! So what if I said he is not ready to be commander-in-chief and I prefer McCain. I didn’t mean it.
WAAHH- The internet needs to go down. How can I make that happen? These voters are researching my record and cutting into my base of the uneducated and the uninformed.
WAAHH - Obama is a crybaby and I am entitled to be President..it’s my turn! I don’t care if I’m destroying the Democratic Party or the chance of any Democrat to be elected. It’s me or nobody. Don’t the voters get that?
WAAHH WAAHHH WAHHH – I LOST TEXAS! MY BIG TUESDAY WIN JUST RESULTED IN A NET LOSS OF 15 DELEGATES! I WILL IMMEDIATELY SUE THE STATE OF TEXAS!
WAAHH – Olbermann is picking on me. He outed me for my two faced position of demanding Obama fire Susan Power for calling me a monster and me not firing Geraldine Ferraro for saying Obama is where he is because he is Black. We all know African-American men have it easy in America. Don’t people get that.
WAAHH- I am really sorry for giving a wink and a nod to the racists’ remarks of my husband and Geraldine Ferraro. I had forgotten how many African Americans voters there are in PA. So an apology is defiantly the right thing to do. I am really a very pleasing person.
WAAHH – Rev Wright would never be my pastor. I would leave. I don’t have a pastor because I have no conscience. I can’t even leave Bill for incessant cheating but I would leave Rev Wright’s sermon. It’s the politically right thing to do.
WAAHH – Obama is not electable. I don’t care what the polls say!
Obama/2008 - adult leadership
S.A.Jr.3:22PMMar 26th 2008
If All the media have on Obama is something someone else said, then they have nothing, McCain have more hate mongers supporting him than anyone! He has been getting a free ride because the media don't take him seriously, Obama has to be taken seriously now, Cliton is a lying Bi-polar hypocrite with serious mental problems, The lesser of the Evils is Obama, At least he is advocating giving the government back to the people with transparency in politics.
john bocskay3:55PMMar 26th 2008
Hey, Look at the facts, The woman is a Liar, if Bill wasn't President, she would have been in jail for Perjury, obstructing justice, just to name a few. She was caught red handed about lying about her trip to Iraq yesterday. If you really want to destroy what's left of our once great nation, than vote for her. Its a shame that we only have 3 choices. God Bless America !!
PAM1234:07PMMar 26th 2008
i do believe that Hillary has made it clear she is continuing and they are virtually tied, so put your calls for her to quit to rest. equal number of people want Obama to quit as clinton-22%
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rebekah11:04AMMar 26th 2008
none of it came out before super tuesday because everyone wanted to give a polite nod to the black candidate or sincerely wanted change so bad they would jump behind anyone that offered it. now that obama's pandoras box has been opened no telling what we will find but, you can bet everyone will be wanting to know how the candidate for the poor and downtrodden that need help has over 30 million in his campaign funds to say nothing about how someone that adheres to black theology is going to govern a country with a white majority.
as far as clinton not bringing the race card before now that's easy...why would she go against a large group of her supporters? even obama didn't want the race card played but, now that it's on the table it's going to be an issue. the great uniter is going to be known for beginning one of the most divisive races we've ever known.