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cosmoetica — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:06:23 -0000

Is it working?

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cosmoetica — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:06:51 -0000

So it seems.

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cosmoetica — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:01:23 -0000

Still signed in?

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It timed out, but then posted- an odd posting system.

Re: Edwards And Obama Double Team Clinton In Democratic Debate Wrestling Match

cosmoetica — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:57:42 -0000

The debate tally: Huckabee and Giuliani won, McCain did well, Ron Paul was the only R on Planet Earth re: the war and its causes, and Romney got his ass kicked, while Fred Thompson struggled to show he had a pulse.

The D's: Edwards showed he knows the issues better than anyone, by a large margin. He won, hands down. Obama did well, though, Richardson didn't die, as he has in other debates, and Hillary came off as shrill: 35 years in politics, but I'm an agent of change. She lost, BIG!

Re: Foolishness

cosmoetica — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:01:43 -0000

Well, I agree about the guilt not being ours to bear, but that blacks should be jumping for joy? This tack expired in the 1950s.

And some people who post here wonder why people still say America is a racist society.

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:55:09 -0000

David: Could this post be any more trite? C'mon, Hillary is despised because she wears the same air of entitlement that W did and does. This is why the opposite camps hate both. Of course, W started a war on false pretenses and 1000s have died, so the Left has justified its hatred, whereas the Right can only slaver in anticipation.

From the linked article: 'To be sure, Clinton’s comments might have been a little more touching if she hadn’t launched into her anti-Obama talking points through her tears, but given the circumstances, I’m willing to cut her all kinds of slack.'

I'm not gonna cut her slack, for the very talking points routine shows that it was fairly well calculated and not genuine.

I liked Hillary alot, more than Bill, who I voted for in '94, but both went into the crapper when the R's beat'em on Healthcare. They were more concerned with power retention than making a difference. Hillary's been the same in the Senate.

She rips Big O about funding the war he opposed. After she voted FOR it! Gimme a break- she's a hack's hack, and for once the Am public may reject hackery and go for a chance. I did in '92, with Bill, but after his lackluster first term, I've gone Indy 3x in a row.

A Hillary win loses millions of possible Dem voters like me. Make her the nominee at your own peril. Edwards or Obama will kick the R's asses, but Hillary cd lose to a genial guy like Huckabee, and possibly McCain.

DLS: 'Ironically, the true, factual hatred for Reagan and the even worse hatred directed at Bush, which is truly deranged, is denied by the same people who routinely make false charges about normal Americans' dislike of the Clintons.'

There is factual hatred for Reagan, but the old turkey wattle earned every inch of it w the PATCO fiasco, the deficit, the ignorance of AIDS, the backhanded racism, the gutting of social programs, the S&L scandal, the 87-92 Depression, Iran-Contra, and countless other plagues and scandals. And if you are still even remotely defending W you are again proving BDS is the syndrome by those so out of touch they still think he's ok as Prez.

Abby: 'Hilary Clinton is the one they fear most, so don't believe anything contrary.'

100% wrong. The R's know she's their only chance at beating a Dem. Have you watched the debates. The R's are so out of touch w reality that O or Edwards will destroy their nominee. Only Hillary can lose! On this score, I agree with DLS.

***chill***

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:07:08 -0000

So, you had to disagree?

Edwards: By far the most knowledgeable candidate in either party, and the best debater, by far. The R's are shitting pickles if a populist with anger gets the nom. But, he won't.

Obama: How do they beat him? He was not in the Senate for the War vote. He's riding the anti-war, pro-healthcare wave. These 2 things all the R's are against. Aside from a blatant appeal to what happens if 'one of them' gets in, he'll beat the R with the working class, Indies, kids, and R's sick of Bush.

Hillary: She's Gore and Kerry with breasts. The R's are slavering over getting her in the general. Can she win? Yes, esp. if it's Giuliani or Romney. But a surging Huckabee is likable and liberal on governance, if Right Wing on religion. And McCain can take up much of the Hillary haters that turn off. Me? If she gets it I pray for Bloomberg to get in. But that'll kill Hill.

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:08:48 -0000

DLS: I'd place Reagan below Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Next!

As for Bush- not the word 'if.'

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:09:10 -0000

That's note, not not.

Re: You Can’t Divorce the President

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:35:16 -0000

In actuality, Obama has far more experience dealing with people and problems- as a political organizer, than Hillary has.

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:42:57 -0000

Amanda: Right on- this was a post wholly w/o substance.

DLS: Re: Obama-
1) He has more politcal experience than Hillary in dealing w people, and all but a few R's. People want change. Won't work.

2) there are no black political machines, esp. in Chicago. Cronyism, yes.
But a machine? No.

3) This is 2008. The L word no longer works.

4) The name is Huckabee, and I'm not giggling.

Re: Hillary Clinton’s Teary Eyes: Real Incident Or Exaggerated Anti-Hillary Hype

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:44:47 -0000

Tom Watson is not exactly a thinker of the first magnitude.

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:54:03 -0000

Great comment on Hillary's tears:

http://rudepundit.blogspot....

Re: You Can’t Divorce the President

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:55:55 -0000

The best comment on why Hillary is tanking:

http://rudepundit.blogspot....

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:59:33 -0000

Back in the real world, Maggie:

http://www.foxnews.com/stor...

Hillary captures more blacks than Obama- avr. blacks and celebs.

'Shame on us for not recognizing that women are more discriminated against than black people and shame on all females for not supporting a great candidate because she is a female.'

The first part of this sentence is laughable. Ask black women if they are more discriminated for their race or sex.

Let's see: are you a white female under 30? Suburbanite?

Read the link I provided above. The best blogosphere commentary on Hillary yet.

Re: A Political Communications Professor Blogs from NH

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:03:51 -0000

Holly: Yes, Chelsea is an attractive and likely smart young woman (huge eyes, BTW), but perhaps the reason she is not talking is because there's not really much she could say to sway voters. If she says my mom is great, so what? If she doesn't, then trouble. Smiling silently is a good move- noncomittal endorsement.

Re: You Can’t Divorce the President

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:04:27 -0000

DLS: You seem to confuse Obama with Romney. The D's have been far more detailed in their debates, whereas the R's are sloganeering.

It does not take any depth to be a warmonger, but takes an ability to see nuances to discern failure.

No Cabinet nominees are ever discussed till a nom is wrapped, and a win in the general is looming.

Now, let's hear some real evidence of callowness from O.

Re: Bill Clinton Accuses Press Of Helping Create Obama “Fantasy”

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:12:21 -0000

DLS & Somebody: together again.

The Clinton hatred was because he was a cad with a fat mistress. W started a war that has killed thousands for no reason. Quite a diff. Plus, W has curtailed civil rights and launched a naked power grab for oil money.

Somebody- you mean aspersion not dispersion.

As for Hill the Chill, if she loses this, hopefully Nevada will be the stake and S. Carolina the hammer.

***Glee***

Goe: the Clintons are feeling the Coriolis Effect, and before the final 'glub' of the plughole, they are spitting fire.

Re: Bill Clinton Accuses Press Of Helping Create Obama “Fantasy”

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:12:50 -0000

Joe not Goe, above.

Re: Hillary Clinton Wins New Hampshire Democratic Primary

cosmoetica — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:59:50 -0000

That Hillary was weeping while using her standard Obama talking points is the proof that it was planned, but whether that did it, who knows?

DLS: All it proves is that NH voters are less maverick than they believe, since the two winners were the most well known candidates in the race.

Re: Polling, Schmolling: Biggest News Not Hillary NH: But Seduction of Major Pundits/ Newsmen by Polls

cosmoetica — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:05:26 -0000

This is the most cogent aspect of the NH race. Ala 2004 & Kerry, what the hell are these guys doing?

Let's state this, for now and forever: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'SCIENTIFIC' POLLS! It is guesswork. Period.

Re: Tears in New Hampshire: Ed Muskie and Hillary Clinton

cosmoetica — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:09:11 -0000

As I recall, Muskie did not go into his anti-opponent talking points, as Hillary did. His were clearly genuine, hers were not.

That said, the only good thing is that this may string the primaries out, and by March Texas' primary, meaning I can have a significant vote for a change.

Re: You Can’t Divorce the President

cosmoetica — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:13:11 -0000

DLS: Stating 'He's given us no depth' is no reason. One can strike off a litany of points he's made in speeches and online. So, what's not deep?

Stockboy: The reason people don't vote is because those who do pick hacks like the Bushes, Gore, Kerry, and the Clintons. If you actually vote for someone who you agree with- say Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich, you are mocked.

The sheeple effect is too strong.

Re: Clinton Unifies on One Issue

cosmoetica — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:14:29 -0000

Boy, those NH voters really discriminated against Hillary.

So, Maggie, I guess your whining was pointless. eh?