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Hillary Doesn't Sound Like She's Quitting
I just listened to Hillary's victory speech. As of right now she's leading 64-29%. Ouch! With numbers like that, this is the last time that West Virginia sees Barack Obama for, like, ever.
Hillary's speech was fairly unspectacular as usual, but in the first few paragraphs, I think she managed to squeeze in just about every West Virginia cliche about mountain people, going to the mountain, etc. Cringe worthy.
And then she started in with a rousing defense of why she's still in the race (remember, when you're explaining, you're losing) But she does have some valid points. She is the "strongest candidate" based on her ability to win swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. That it has been since 1916 or so since a Democrat won without West Virginia. That's true, too, but it probably has more to do with West Virginia being a marginally leaning state, and Al Gore came within 300 votes of busting that record.
Anyway, it didn't sound to me like she was quitting, or even thinking about quitting. In her quest to stay in the race, she also received some unexpected support from Obama who stated that the race wasn't over yet. Hillary should send him a thank you card.
Recent Comments
(Page 2 of 13)Katherine10:59PMMay 13th 2008
Oh, I think Hillary's speeches are strong. especially her PA speech. WOW!!!! Hey, she might not inspire you, but she brings tears to MY eyes. Obama has gotten the rep for being the great orator, but he's not that great guys, he only spoke in sermon speak earlier and now all he does is stutter and stammer without teleprompters. Get real. It's just become a habit to say that about Obama, and it's false.
I still haven't watched the speech or anything. I need to go look.
I'm very glad for Hillary.
GB11:12PMMay 13th 2008
Hillary is like the drunk uncle who won't go home after the party is over.
Rachelsuis11:20PMMay 13th 2008
I think Hillary should stay in the race, because she wins the states that are necessary in the general election, first and foremost. Secondly, I don't think she should have to write Obama a card. I think the Obama campaign should just chill out, in plain English--the other day I, a FIRM Hillary supporter, received a mailing from his campaign asking me to donate. I was like yeah right, and tossed it--which is what a lot of people I know did. I am not going to support someone who doesn't even have the balls to discuss women's issues up front, or even act on them in the past. He has no experience, plain and simple, and CAN'T defeat McCain. So if Hillary doesn't get the nomination, I am not voting. It may be the only time in my life I don't vote, but I'm not voting. End of story.
Katherine11:23PMMay 13th 2008
Yeah, she should keep going, she is the stronger candidate. The media has bulit a lie. Hillary has won so many of the last contests excluding NC, and it's getting silly.
Hillary is obviously the best dem candidate.
QUARTERHORSE11:24PMMay 13th 2008
all those typical white dumb people in wv......god bless west virginians ! dave, get your obama dolly and go get under the covers....take tommy c. and knowless with you. hillary 08
TJ11:25PMMay 13th 2008
Katherine10:59PMMay 13th 2008
Oh, I think Hillary's speeches are strong. especially her PA speech. WOW!!!! Hey, she might not inspire you, but she brings tears to MY eyes. Obama has gotten the rep for being the great orator, but he's not that great guys, he only spoke in sermon speak earlier and now all he does is stutter and stammer without teleprompters. Get real. It's just become a habit to say that about Obama, and it's false.
I still haven't watched the speech or anything. I need to go look.
I'm very glad for Hillary.
____________________________
HIS EARLIER SOARING RHETORICS WERE STOLEN PLAGIARIZED ANYHOW.
Tommy11:28PMMay 13th 2008
Who cares about the delegates.. lets have a popular only vote...the people that are delegated are put there by politicians. And I am sure they do not represent my individual thoughts and needs in all cases. I am one american with one vote and I believe it should count. And in the general election our individual votes are meaningless too. Isn't this a democracy we live in.. shouldn't majority rule? or am I just living in the mindless mainstream of america where we all follow the same leader no matter where they take us. I want off of this path, I am hungry, out of gas, and my bills exceed my income.. I am forced to buy overpriced fuel to transport me to a job to earm money that government takes a major chunk out of to pay for it's own agenda, and spends countless dollars on trying to fix problems in foriegn countries while people here are homeless and dying. Take a ride to the White house some day.. look 100ft from the front door of the white house... there are homeless people sleeping there at night. THis used to be the greatest nation in the world, the most powerful, and a country with the most promise and oportunity. Most of our major product producing insdustries are crumbling or have already left our borders. With them, were good paying jobs and a feeling of pride. The path we are on will only lead one place. We will be a servant society that works for the good of a handfull of wealthy people. And, even of more critical our individuality and freedom is being taken from us without us even knowing it.. Like lambs to the slaughter.. we are lured by easy fixes and infomercials promising easy money and a road to wealth. It is hard to believe that all of America will fall because we are in general "Followers". Make your voice heard, demand your vote counts. Abolish the current election process, and make politicians answer to YOU individually.
TJ11:29PMMay 13th 2008
SUPERDELEGATES, DO WHAT YOU WERE PUT IN PLACE FOR. TO BRING SOME SENSE, TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER------BIG MIDDLE-CLASS, WORKING CLASS LOVE THE WORKING GIRL, HILLARY CLINTON.
DO NOT BE IN A HURRY TO LOSE
WE WILL VOTE MCCAIN AND WE AINT BLUFFING.
TJ, THE OBAMA BUSTER.
lmay11:30PMMay 13th 2008
Katherine..go watch the speech it's a good one!! I had to work all day but was eagerly awaiting tonight for Hillary!!!
You know what..she brings tears to my eyes too...She is a strong woman, the strongest, smartest most intelligent woman in our great USA..(except for my mother of course. Someone who can take all the bull@@@@ all these years is someone I will back.
Women of this country should stand tall and be proud. I am 43 ish years old and I hope to see the day a woman is President of the United States.
For those of you who dont remember the Clinton administration...it was a peaceful wonderful time.
I will continue my quest to see Hillary all the way.
For the women/democrats/fellow Americans of this country...wake up..wake up..
Do I fear an Obama presidency....yes..and you should too.
Wake up fellow demos...Americans. This is our country we are dealing with now.
For those of you Obama supporting or CoDependent Women..wake up reseach research research....Vote educated.
Lee11:31PMMay 13th 2008
Go Hillary, Go!!!!!!allllllll the way to the
Oval office!!!!!!!! :)
jay52cee11:48PMMay 13th 2008
AAAAWWWW-ALL YOU ANTI-OBAMA WHINERS NEED TO CUT IT OUT.
IT'S TIME FOR HRC TO GIVE IT UP. BEING WHITE ISN'T ENOUGH THIS TIME!
To Dave11:49PMMay 13th 2008
Dave, the writer of this article,
Just wondered if you ever read what you write. It shows how biased you are. Do you have to get your articles reviewed by anyone above you, or are you free to submit whatever you like?
I don't even want to feed you with more food to glut on.
TruthBTold
Cathi11:49PMMay 13th 2008
Please stay in the fight. I know that if you do not make it, I will be leaving the US never to return.
maballa911:58PMMay 13th 2008
Aol, Want a poll that will blow your mind? Ask your readers who they would vote for between Clinton and McCain, and as well Obama and McCain. Then you'll see a true poll of what people want.
snooky12:00AMMay 14th 2008
IT TOOK A CLINTON TO CLEAN UP THE BUSH MESS @ THE WHITE HOUSE IN '92, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ANOTHER CLINTON TO CLEAN UP HIS SON'S MESS!!!!
GO BILLARY!!!
EXISTENTIAL BEING12:07AMMay 14th 2008
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=90889
Obama Revolution
By By Aijaz Zaza Syed
1/13/2008
If a picture is worth a thousand words, this one takes the cake. The
picture in question is snapped by Reuters’ photographer Jason Reed.
It shows a young Democratic Party supporter displaying the Boston
Herald front page in New Hampshire with a picture of Hillary Clinton
and a banner headline screaming: SHE’S SO YESTERDAY.
With a poster page and headline like that you don’t have to say
anything else. Not even a news report needs to accompany such a
headline that strikes you like a thunderbolt. Khaleej Times gave a
similar treatment to the Benazir Bhutto assassination story.
Returning to US presidential race, Hillary is indeed so yesterday.
This view remains unchanged despite her performance in New Hampshire
this week where she got 39 per cent of votes against Obamas 37 per
cent.
And when I say she is so yesterday, the allusion is not to her 60
years or those laugh lines and crowfeet fast advancing on her tired
face. Trust me, Ive never been biased against age. I know we all
age and I am not getting any younger either. But if the former First
Lady is increasingly seen as passe, credit goes to no one but
herself. Her entire campaign has been handcuffed to the past from the
word go. It has been stuck in the time warp of those eight years when
Bill Clinton was the president.
She has been resolutely and shamelessly cashing in on the immense
popularity of her hubby. Bill Clinton remains popular despite his
adventures in Oval Office that hadnt exactly been part of his
presidential duties. Americans are forced to look beyond lâ affaire
Lewinsky because the Clinton presidency was indeed one of the most
successful ones. So you have Hillary talking all the time about what
the Clinton presidency did for America, rather than what she would
do, if elected president.
She has been too sure of her presidential candidature and making it
to White House for her own good. And she has been constantly talking
about HER experience and qualifications for the top job.
But pray what experience are we talking about here? Does presiding
over the White House kitchen and making occasional changes in the
menu qualify her for the top job? Or is there really some truth in
rumours that it was Hillary, not Bill, who actually ruled the country
from White House between 1992-2000? Hillary belongs to the past
because she is stuck in the past” forever looking backwards. And
if Hillary Clinton is Americas past, Barack Obama is its future.
If Hillarys campaign sounds like an old wives tale going on and
on about what THEY had done for the country, Obama comes across as an
Old Testament prophet charting out a path out of the wilderness for
his people.
If Hillary talks of the past, Obama speaks about Americas future.
Ms Clinton is determined to destroy anyone who comes between her and
White House. She has accused Obama of all sorts of things” from
inexperience to dangerous political immaturity, dismissing him as a
political upstart who doesnt belong in White House.
In total contrast, Obama talks of hope, unity and progress for
America of his dreams. His supporters have watched in dismay as he
has repeatedly refused to join in the dirty games played by
opposition. His response to this vitriolic campaign of character
assassination and political one-upmanship has been almost Gandhian.
Even his debates with Ms Clinton have been so civil and restrained
that he has ended up disappointing his supporters, who want him to
hit back with the ferocity that has been the hallmark of the Clinton
campaign and slay the giant.
But Obama clearly knows what he is doing. He is what you would call a
marathon man, conditioning himself for the long haul and saving his
energy for the final lap. If his stunning victory in Iowa is any
pointer, this strategy seems to be working just fine.
On the other hand, the Hillary campaign appears to be suffering from
what can be described as overexposure. Unfortunately for her, she has
been on campaign trail for far too long. She unveiled her mission for
White House way back in 2000, soon after her husband exited it. And
all these years, she has revelled and basked in the glory of being
described as Americas first female president.
But somewhere along the way, she got too smug and too sure of her
White House prospects. And for their part, the Americans too seem to
have grown tired of the Hillary Clinton presidency, even before
its inaugurated. They are suffering from the Clinton fatigue. And
if Hillary crashed down to third place in Iowa, she knows who is to
blame.
Little wonder Obama has captured the imagination of the worlds
most powerful democracy in such a remarkably short period. Remember,
he is only 46. And he hasn’t been very long in politics either.
He is completely refreshing not only in his age and looks but also in
everything he stands for and believes in. There is more to Obama than
his rock star charisma. He is everything that Hillary Clinton is not.
And I am not talking about the colour of his skin or his extraordinary
background — a Kenyan Muslim father and white Christian,
all-American mother.
The importance of being Barack Obama does not lie in the colour of
his skin or in the fact that he grew up in a Third world, Muslim
country most Americans can’t even pronounce or in the distinction
that he is the youngest presidential candidate.
All these things matter of course. However, what really distinguishes
Obama from all those too-good-to-be-true plastic dummies like Mitt
Romney and Rudy Guiliani and holier-than-thou mannequins like Hillary
Clinton is the earthy substance that this Illinois senator is made of.
Whatever Obama is, he is original and a man of flesh and blood you can
touch and relate to.
He offers a worldview that is based on the values that once inspired
America’s founding fathers—values like democracy, justice,
freedom, equality and the rule of law and the values that are
universal in nature and are celebrated by all great civilizations.
While his rivals in the Democratic Party as well as the Republicans
have bent left and right and somersaulted whenever it suited them
trying to be all things to all people, Obama has stood up for his
beliefs and fought for his convictions.
Even as Hillary has constantly changed her stance on critical issues
such as Iraq, Iran and immigration and healthcare, Obama has
consistently opposed the unjust war on Iraq and the one the neocons
are itching to inflict on Iran.
Obama has chosen to unite the Americans, rather than divide them
along partisan lines, and without making any ideological compromises.
While Democratic and Republican candidates have always looked at the
Americans as Us and Them and as Red and Blue states, Obama says there
are only United States.
Pardon me, my patient readers, if this sounds like a campaign speech
for the man who could be America’s first black president with
Hussein for a middle name.
But Obama’s origins and phenomenal evolution as the first
presidential candidate whose appeal transcends narrow partisan,
religious, racial and class affiliations never ceases to fascinate
me. This guy is a true phenomenon, if there was ever one. With his
blood ties to Kenya as well as white settlers in the US, Obama
represents both sides of American slavery: the slave masters as well
as the enslaved. Perhaps, even he doesn’t realise what he embodies
and epitomises.
In a country that has a long history of inhuman exploitation of
African Americans and where blacks had to literally fight for their
rights, as basic as going to the same schools and sharing public
transport with white Americans, Obama’s race for the White House is
indeed path breaking.
It’s not as if the African Americans haven’t had a go at White
House in the past. They have. Only no one has come as close as Obama
has. He has brought about a revolution whose impact will continue to
be felt long after his departure.
We in the Middle East and the larger Muslim world have watched this
elaborate electoral process in the US, whose outcome could influence
us all, in fascination and total awe. However, it’s Candidate Obama
who interests us more than the election itself. With his unique
background, here’s someone who can bridge the divide between the
white and black Americas as well as between the West and the Muslim
world.
And if anyone can restore America’s relations with the rest of the
world repairing its battered image across the globe, it is Barack
Hussein Obama. It would be a historic tragedy if he loses this race
to the White House. It will not be Americas loss. It would be a
loss for all of us.
OBAMA/SEBELIUS
CarolJ12:09AMMay 14th 2008
Who cares she is done..oh and those doing the creative math with the electoral votes..like sweetbippy..LOL..you have to actually win the state in the general election to earn them..OMG you some of you Clinton supporters are truly moronic.
Hillary Clinton is mentally ill....who cares what that lying two faced witch says..
Hillary Said It12:09AMMay 14th 2008
Hillary said it, quoting Eleanor Roosevelt, "It's not over until the fat lady sings."
And it's not over! Yahoo!
Go Hillary! Next two stops Kentucky and Oregon, work hard like always, and they will come through for you too!
Joe Hen12:13AMMay 14th 2008
Congratulations to Hillary. I know she will be the next President of the United States. She will win the popular vote. No doubt about that! Lets not go through another Gore-Bush episode. My advice, to the super delegates, is to listen to the American voters,(the popular vote) before making Obama their choice for canidate at the convention. If they do I believe they will be looking for other employment in two years!! All the way with Hillary!
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mb10:58PMMay 13th 2008
HEY DAVE........GO SUCK A BIG ONE.
BARRY OBAMA= NO JOB EXPERIENCE, NO LIFE EXPERIENCE, PLAGARIST, LIAR, ACTOR, ANTI WHITE, ANTI JEW, ANTI AMERICAN, MUSLIM CONNECTIONS, SNARLING WIFE, CORRUPT POLITICIAN WHO TOOK BRIBES FROM CRIMINALLY CHARGED REZKO, SUPPORTS FARRAKHAN WHO HATES EVERYBODY WHO IS NOT BLACK, SAT FOR 20 YRS IN REV WRIGHT'S CHURCH OF HATE, SUPPORTED BY MIDDLE EAST OIL MONEY......BUT, IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR HIM, BE MY GUEST.
OH I FORGOT, ALSO HATES HIS GRANDMOTHER AND EMBARASSED HER ON NATIONAL TV BY SAYING SHE HATED BLACKS AND WAS A TYPICAL WHITE PERSON............NOT MY KIND OF GUY, REALLY.