Disqus - Friends of Dianne_in_DC

Re: Hillary adviser invokes the crucifixion of Christ to Hillary's partisan advantage over Obama

lauren1959 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:19:52 -0000

Doesn't it speak to the potential that his "boss" and his wife may not have been the people he thought they were? Why should he sit back and watch them try to destroy the Democratic party simply because they feel they are entitled to have their dynasty continue?

Re: Did Clinton "misspeak" or "mislead" on Bosnia? Let's go to the video again

lauren1959 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:11:39 -0000

Misspeak
1. pronounce incorrectly
2. express yourself unclearly
3. speak incorrectly

Lie
1. deliberately say something untrue
2. be deceptive

Clearly the statement and the classification of statement as a "misspeak" are deceptive. Not only did she misspeak, but she did her best to discredit Sinbad, who accurately described the situation. Did she forget there were others, including cameras on the trip?

If she wasn't being deceptive, she is delusional, and I'm not sure which is more scary.

Re: Did Clinton "misspeak" or "mislead" on Bosnia? Let's go to the video again

lauren1959 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:49:46 -0000

It is tonight!

Re: Hillary now claiming that she only "misspoke" about Bosnia once. It was four times over 4 months.

lauren1959 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:00:03 -0000

So, rather than take the heat, Hillary is deflecting again. For the first time, she has decided to issue a comment about the Reverend Wright issue and says she would have left the congregation. She needs to get out of the Democratic race before EVERY commercial the Republicans run against Obama feature Hillary as their spokesperson.

Re: Clinton tries desperately -- and I mean desperately -- to change the subject from her lies about the Bosnia trip

lauren1959 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:30:09 -0000

Maybe she has more in common with George Bush and John McCain than we thought. Maybe she can help them find the weapons of mass destruction. It appears that she has Pat Buchanan squarely in her corner now. Her supporters should analyze why...

Re: Hillary claims she considered joining the Marines

lauren1959 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:39:49 -0000

Is it too late????

Re: Clinton: I am never getting out of this race. EVER.

lauren1959 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:52:14 -0000

It's not Hillary's supporters that are the issue; it's her. She keeps filming commercials for John McCain. I

Re: Obama finally wins Texas

lauren1959 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:37:14 -0000

She's apparently off writing checks to the small business providing event support in Ohio!

Re: Saturday Morning Open Thread

lauren1959 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:22:54 -0000

From the New York TImes:

Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee.

The woman, Trina Bachtel, did die last August, two weeks after her baby boy was stillborn at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio. But hospital administrators said Friday that Ms. Bachtel was under the care of an obstetrics practice affiliated with the hospital, that she was never refused treatment and that she was, in fact, insured.

Re: Clinton's dramatic health care story is dramatic, but not true -- and the campaign never vetted it.

lauren1959 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:48:31 -0000

Wow-can we please stop this primary soon? This is getting really embarrassing!

Re: People aren't bitter, they happy!

lauren1959 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:51:08 -0000

Clinton his such a regular blue collar person. Good thing her father taught her to shoot as a child, I'm sure it came in handy when she had to return that fictitious sniper fire.

Re: Bill attacks the middle-class, Hillary attacks Gore and Kerry

lauren1959 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:16:09 -0000

Can someone please let Hillary know that John McCain is looking for a experienced woman for a VP. She seems to forget that it was not that Gore was an elitist, it was that the voters that were disillusioned with the Clintons that cost him the election (if in fact you believe that he lost, which she apparently does)

Re: Vile, sickening, and filthy

lauren1959 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:32:32 -0000

If there was any question that Hillary was trying to damage Barack so that she can run again in 2012 it should be entirely cleared up now. The Democratic Party needs to step up and take action.

Re: Hillary feeds the right wing noise machine

lauren1959 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:24:09 -0000

And Fox News says she won the debate....what a surprise. Where is her flag lapel by the way?

Re: Blacks think Hillary trying to destroy Obama in 2008 so she can run in 2012

lauren1959 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:18:41 -0000

So do whites!!

Re: Saturday Morning Open Thread

lauren1959 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:40:03 -0000

Really good op in the NY Times
OPINION | April 24, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor: Visible Man
By COLSON WHITEHEAD
People think I have it easy, but it’s surprisingly difficult being The Guy Who Got Where He Is Only Because He’s Black.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008...

Re: Saturday Morning Open Thread

lauren1959 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:33:23 -0000

The problem is she cheats... I wouldn't do it!

Clinton challenges Obama to debate without moderator

By MIKE GLOVER and SARA KUGLER, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago

MARION, Ind. - Hillary Rodham Clinton takes the debate dispute to a new level, challenging her opponent Barack Obama to face off with her in a debate without a moderator, Lincoln-Douglas style.
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The Democratic presidential candidate said while campaigning in South Bend, Indiana, on Saturday the 90-minute debate would allow two candidates to ask each other questions.

Her campaign formally made the offer in a letter to the Obama campaign.

Clinton has been putting increasing pressure on Obama to debate her again before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries in nine days.

Re: Slate: "Can we please stop pretending she has a plausible chance to win the nomination?"

lauren1959 — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:05:44 -0000

We visit so we can hear what other smart, liberal people are thinking and feeling. The word "can't" used in this context doesn't necessarily mean that if the stars all lined up she couldn't be the nominee, it means "won't". If it's Orwellian to want to see you party survive, you're right. I think you should re-read the book though... it wasn't the hope and change faction that were the bad guys.

Re: Small Democratic donors shouldn't pay off the debt of the multi-millionaires

lauren1959 — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:34:07 -0000

Another great example by the Clintons; spending, and continuing to spend money that they don't have. I'm with Josh Marshall-let them pay their own debts.

Re: Clinton sees "white Americans" as path to nomination

lauren1959 — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:21:25 -0000

My 77 year old, Greek, uneducated mother is also an Obama supporter, as are most of her friends. What happened to those of us in MD DC VA DE and all the other 11 consecutive wins? We should ALL be offended; super delegates need to end this now before the Democratic party explodes.

Re: Gee, now they're pulling the woman card

lauren1959 — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:24:55 -0000

As an older white feminist I simply don't get this. Are we supposed to blindly support any woman, regardless of her seeming lack of ethics? Integrity is an important quality to me. Additionally, Obama is as strong civil rights issues as Clinton is. Does he lose points simply because he's a man? Clinton needs to go away before she alienates us all...

Re: "The nutjobs might have been kind of right about the Clintons this whole time."

lauren1959 — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:17:59 -0000

Great post! Any way we can convince West Virginia to succeed, the Clintons to move there, and rule in perpetuity happily ever after?

Re: Hillary is now comparing Obama and the DNC to the Republicans who stole Florida for Bush in 2000

lauren1959 — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:25:26 -0000

Just wrote O'Malley, Mikulski and Cardin. We need to put pressure on our Super Delegates; this thing needs to be over....

Re: Is Clinton acting out because Obama told her no to VP?

lauren1959 — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:04:14 -0000

This makes a lot of sense. I know Maryland is different, but I want to know where all these women who love Hillary are? I've met one in the past six months. I'm waiting for Gore to endorse now that she's made the comparisons about Florida.

Re: Arianna declares war on the Superdelegates, and she's right

lauren1959 — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:23:43 -0000

Write to the committed ones too. These people are supposed to care what happens to the Democratic party. Threats aren't necessary, but logical arguments (and lots of them) may get them to do what they are already inclined to do...