Will Clinton Solve the Problem of Health Insurance for Individuals With Pre-existing Conditions?

February 7th, 2009
Donald Saunders asked:


As the Presidential race heats up it is hardly surprising to discover that health care and in particular health insurance is high on the agenda and, for tens of thousands of people, the potential for solving the problem of getting cheap insurance coverage for people suffering from pre-existing conditions might make Hillary Clinton’s plan an attractive choice. But will it work?

As with the majority of proposals it sounds great and promises to offer new choices for those who currently have insurance coverage and also for the forty-seven million Americans who are currently without health insurance. In addition, it promises to cut your monthly premiums and give you greater security of cover. For individuals suffering from pre-existing conditions it promises to “end discrimination based on pre-existing conditions or expectations of illness”.

This new plan to meet America’s health insurance requirements calls upon insurers to work with employers and patients to provide a high standard of health care at an affordable price and also calls on government to implement reforms to the health care system to both raise the quality of care and decrease costs.

This of course is precisely what we all want to see but if it were that simple why is the health care system in such a mess today and why are costs increasing instead of declining?

The truth is that this is merely the latest in a growing list of proposals to reform the health care system and is nothing more than pie in the sky. In effect it is nothing more than a political document which is extremely well written and beautifully presented and will undoubtedly to some extent meet its objective, which is quite simply to win votes. However, it will not do anything to improve the health care system as it is simple does not address real world issues.

Health care today is big business and it has little to do with providing health care and everything to do with earning profits for the insurers. Now you can talk to the insurers all day long however, unless the government is willing to throw money at the problem then costs are not going to come down.

Anyone who has experience of private medical treatment carried out abroad will know only too well that a large portion of the cost of providing care in the US represents profits for the insurer and not the actual cost of providing care. You have only to seek medical treatment in any of the wonderful hospitals in the Far East for example to realize that you can get the highest quality of care at a mere fraction of the cost of getting that same treatment in the United States. And if you believe that the standard of treatment abroad is not as good as that in the United States then think again because a lot of the medical facilities throughout the Far East are staffed by highly qualified doctors and surgeons and have some of the most modern equipment you will find anywhere in the world.

It is all very well to talk about working with the insurance companies to lower costs but the simple fact of the matter is that it is not in their interests to do so. Costs will stay at their present high levels and indeed will continue to rise until the US government decides to take over the responsibility for the provision of the mainstay of health care in the United States.



Elizabeth

Imperato Calls it Again: Giuliani Says Clinton Made ‘mistake’ With ‘93 World Trade Center Attack

February 6th, 2009
I1connect asked:


Rudy Giuliani charged yesterday, that former President, Bill Clinton, made a “big mistake” when he failed to see the first World Trade Center attack as an act of terror rather than a mere crime - one that set the stage for even bigger and bolder attacks culminating with 9/11.

“The United States government, then President Clinton, did not respond,” Giuliani said, ticking off terrorist attacks that followed, including the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa and the USS Cole in 2000.” [Osama] bin Laden declared war on us. We didn’t hear it.”

Bill Clinton’s only response to the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Africa was to launch several rockets to Afghanistan. Ironically, this was done the day after his Grand Jury testimony was released regarding the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Clinton launched no military attack against al-Qaeda and allowed the group to grow under his watch. According to Imperato, Clinton was “sleeping at the wheel.”

In a previous i1connect article, “i1connect news: Imperato on Hillary, Obama, and Giuliani”, Imperato stated the following:

“While Giuliani was mayor, and Bill Clinton was President, they swept the first WTC attack under the carpet, and nothing was done to protect our country from allowing more terrorists into New York City to study the World Trade Center Towers, and eventually kill over 3,000 innocent Americans,” stated Imperato.

Since 2005, Imperato has pointed out that the 9/11 attackers came in under the watch of Bill Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani.

When asked about Giuliani’s current criticism about Bill Clinton, Imperato responded, “Giuliani criticizing Clinton is like the pot calling the kettle black. The fact is, Giuliani let the terrorists come into New York City; he allowed the terrorists to study the structural details of the World Trade Center Towers, and he allowed the attacks to happen.”

Imperato then went on to challenge Giuliani on his views on 9/11.

He stated, “If Giuliani wants to talk tough about 9/11, then I would like to see him do so against me in a public debate. The fact is that the media has been too soft on him, and has not asked him the right questions pertaining to his involvement or lack thereof in helping to secure New York City pre 9/11.”

Imperato has previously called for a debate with Giuliani. To date, the Imperato camp has not received any response.

The past week has been difficult for Giuliani, as his South Carolina campaign chairman was indicted on drug charges. He was questioned about Newsday’s story that he was forced out of the Iraq Study Group and reports revived about his employing a priest who was suspended on charges of sexually abusing students.

In terms of poll numbers, Giuliani has been underperforming, and is no longer the clear frontrunner he once was. In addition, since the announcement of Michael Bloomberg’s departure from the Republican Party, more and more Americans are now open to electing an independent to the White House.

America’s leading independent candidate for the White House in 2008, Daniel Imperato, on the other hand has been seeing support grow with key campaign visits in New Hampshire, Alabama, Massachusetts, Texas, and New York.

Giuliani’s attacks on Bill Clinton were largely seen as an attack on fellow Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, who has been leading most polls amongst Democratic candidates.

Previously, Clinton has come under fire from many critics, including Imperato, for not being able to manage her household.

“If she couldn’t manage her home, then how is she supposed to manage our country? The fact is that Bill didn’t like what they served at home, so he went out to eat,” stated Imperato in a 2005 release.

Although not covered by the mainstream media, these types of concerns could resurface and raise questions among American voters about Hillary Clinton’s ability to lead our nation.

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Stacey

The Washington Toast - Campaign Trail Diary -waiting for Hillary

February 5th, 2009
Joey Thomas asked:




Reporters Note Book



 

 



Campaign Trail Diary



 

Tuesday - 11:30 A.M.



Nasua New Hampshire

- I’m sitting down at a lunch counter café in down town Nasua New Hampshire, nursing my tenth cup of coffee while waiting for Hillary Clinton to arrive. The short order cook is busy in the back flipping over egg’s and bacon on a hot grill as Sally, the lone waitress in this joint, is carrying plates in both hands and delivering it to the two burly looking steel workers sitting next to the entrance. Immediately they begin to gobble down their luscious, beautiful breakfast while I sat there and watched, trying to keep the excess saliva from drooling out of the corners of my mouth.


Sally, an old coot of a girl, is getting angrier at me by the minute because of my flagrant abuse of the free coffee refill policy. She has already sensed the scorch marks of poverty that radiate from my being and she knows that no matter how good the service or how big the smile, that there will be no substantial tip forth coming. In her eye’s I am no longer worthy of the courtesy of being asked for a refill. I must humiliate myself by standing up and getting it myself which is a signal to everyone else in the joint that I have no money. In their eye’s I’m not a hard working journalist trying to crank out the truth, I’m seen as a no good dead beat bum, which considering the publication I work for, is unfortunately very close to the truth.

Sitting back down with my cup of steaming java, I shake sugar out of a clogged sugar jar and glance over at the other patrons sharing the counter space with me. I’m reminded by their cold stares that I’m a stranger here, and if not for the Constitution, I would probably be cast out and stoned to death in the public square. Reaching over for a roll in the bread basket I hear a small sub sonic boom as Sally smacked my hand with a fly swatter and scolded me by barking out, “He dead beat!. The rolls ain’t free “.

01:30 P.M.

Clinton people call and explain that Hillary ate some bad brisket and has been vomiting all morning. They apologize for any inconvenience and promise to send an autographed picture. Immediately following the call, the owner of the Café comes over and tells me to leave.

 

04:00 P.M.

I just picked up my expense envelope and discovered that my no good son-of-a-bitch of an editor gave me 100 dollars and a book of happy meal certificates to cover 10 days of hotels and meals. I’ve also been informed that my bus ticket is one way. No story, no return ticket.



Wednesday



 

09:30 A.M.

Went to the Clinton office downtown and tried to obtain press credentials. Clinton people said they never heard of the Washington Toast and call security to have me escorted out of the building.

11:00 A.M.

Showed up at a pro Hillary rally at a local high school and slip in a side entrance. Inside, I actually got close enough to see Hillary waving and shaking hands with the teeming throngs of cheering teenagers who were attending the staged, serve it up to the press rally. Thinking I had pulled off a coup, I tried to inch my way closer.

Upon my first step toward Hillary, I Felt a hand on my shoulder. Looking up I see four pairs of dark sunglasses. The lips under one pair of the sunglasses move and ask me for my non existent press credentials while the other pair of sunglasses rifle through my backpack, briefly pausing and gagging as they come across my used undies which had been fermenting in my bag for the past week. Following a brief verbal exchange where I tried to plead my case, I was ejected from the event. For some ********* reason that kept the undies.



Thursday



02:30 P.M.

It’s as cold as **** outside, and since I didn’t bring a decent coat I spent most of my time looking for someplace warm to sit and write. I used the last of my happy meal certificates and bought a burger which I accidently dropped on the floor where it was stepped on and rendered uneatable by a four hundred pound big mac stuffing, size 15 shoe size wearing mother fucker. Sinking deeply into despair I ate my fries and a half eaten burger left by a previous occupant of my booth. By accepting this assignment with the Toast I knew that I had reached the rim of the toilet as far as my career was concerned, but I had to remember that no matter who I worked for, I was still a journalist and I had a responsibility to do the story.

 

02:20 P.M.

Ejected from the Mc Donalds.

4:00 P.M.

Trying to maintain my integrity as a journalist I decided to canvas the neighborhood to get peoples opinions on the up coming primaries. First door I knock on this old man comes from around back brandishing a shot gun and tells me to get the hell off of his property. Having no desire to pull buck shot out of my *** I departed the vicinity.

On my second attempt I knock on the door and as I’m standing there, I look down and this mutt looks up at me, opens his mouth, and throws up on my foot. The owner comes out and throws me out of the house for making her dog barf.

On my third try I knock and the door pushes open. I stick my head inside and there is a couple having *** on the floor. The surprised copulators looks up and the man looks down at the girl and say’s ” Who is this ? Is this the guy you’ve been doing on the side !” Immediately I depart the vicinity, but not fast enough. The angry man comes running out of the house pulling his pants up shouting something about cutting off my wee, wee as the guy with the shotgun comes running around the corner and let’s me have it with a load of rock salt. The pellets bore into my hind end as the adrenaline rush reached my feet and I ran all the way back to the center of town and back into the sanctuary of McDonald’s.

6:35 P.M.

Once again, ejected from McDonald’s.

9:35 P.M.

Desperation had set in. I was hungry and in need of shelter and some kind of support from my paper. During a brief telephone conversation with one of my editors I got support, but not the kind I was hoping for. I was told that if I did not get the story, that my return bus ticket was not guaranteed. No story, no return trip. When I asked them to wire me enough money for a hotel room they told me that they had taken care of it and to check my e-mail.

Thinking that maybe I had these guys figured wrong, I found the nearest electrical outlet, which happened to be located in a Laundromat and plugged in my lap top and went on line. The e-mail was a list of homeless shelters.



Friday September 15



11:10 A.M.

Thoughts of finishing this story are long gone. My story now is that of survival. I checked into a hotel last night, and the hotel manager is outside the door pounding and shouting about the maxed out credit card I gave him. I have no money and no where to go except out a window that is a three story drop to the ground. My story is coming apart at the seams.

06:35 P.M.

I’m sitting on a toilet in the restroom of the downtown Grey Hound bus station pounding out these garbled notes into my faltering lap top to use in my court battle against the Washington Toast. There is a guy pounding on the door of my stall telling me to hurry up cause he’s got to go, and a few moments ago a hand reached under from the stall next to me and tried to steal my back pack. I’m pretty sure I broke the guys hand when I stepped on it with my foot and he let out a loud scream as he ran away.

I have no where else to turn. I must now pop the cd, and find a pawn shop that will give me enough money for my lap top to buy a ticket out of here. And for all of you at the Toast, I promise you, I’m going to torch your office, if and when I find it considering, you never gave me an address.

Editors Note - Henry disappeared the day this story was found by a bum with a broken hand. If you know where Henry is, please send us a e-mail at dctoast@aol.com

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Alvin

A "hail Hillary" Play in October

January 31st, 2009
Dwayne P. Theriot asked:


During the last two weeks America has seen a meltdown of the UH UH UH Bama (Sorry I had an Obama moment) campaign. The Sarah Palin Syndrome has happened and the democrats are running for the hills. There are two things have recently happened that leads me to believe that Obama will try try to pull an upset at the end. First, he calls on Bill (It depends on what you mean by sexual relations ) Clinton. Now I was not privy to their conversation, but here is My theory on what the meeting was about. I think Obama asked Ol’ Billy Boy to convince Hillary to join his ticket as V.P. Now before you folks think I need to be fitted for a straight jacket, here is my second reason for believing Obama will try for an upset, Listen to what “Joe “The Mouth” Biden recently said, I believe that Hillary Clinton would have made a better V.P. pick than me”.

I think we are being setup for the old switch-a-roo. Biden will gracefully bow out due to some personal reason. That will free Obama to ask Hillary to join him as his running mate (Provided Bill can work his magic) and convince her. Now if I know the Clintons they are going to want something in return, say a chance to run for President in 2012. That scenario will depend on whether Obama would settle for One term or NO term as President. In any case Obama has three choices as I see it. First, he can leave things as they are and loose. Second, he can try putting Hillary on the ticket to nullify Palin, in which case he have to give up the run for a second term. Or third, he could bypass Hillary again by choosing another Liberal woman and risk angering even more Hillary supporters. Well there you have it. It will be an interesting October if nothing else.

www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/09/10/bts.biden.hillary.better.vp.cnn



Curtis

Hillary Clinton Wants to Go Dancing With the Stars

January 24th, 2009
Groshan Fabiola asked:


More famous people are joining the bandwagon of hopefuls for Dancing with the Stars, with the latest being Hillary Clinton herself. Yes, the wife of former president Bill Clinton is dreaming of a spot on ABC’s award-winning reality dance competition. In fact Clinton, who is now a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election was a guest on The Tyra Banks Show just last Friday, where she revealed to the world on which reality show she would like to participate in.

“In my dreams, I would be on America ’s Next Top Model, but in reality I would have to chose my limited talents and of them, dancing is better than singing,” Hillary Clinton told Tyra Banks. “You do not want me to sing.”

Clinton also admitted that she has decided on Dancing with the Stars, if to choose among reality shows to join.

“I think it would have to be Dancing with the Stars, especially if I could have one of those really good partners.”

Clinton did not say which kinds of dances she enjoys performing, but admitted that she is well updated on the younger generation’s hip moves. The 60-year-old also revealed that she knows the Soulja Boy and SpongeBob dances.

“I think that is a variation of what I did like 30, 40 years ago,” she explained. “Everything gets recycled and gets a different name and [changes] slightly, the hip action or shoulder action, whatever it is.”

Aside from discussing light topics such as the possibility of her participating in Dancing with the Stars, the Democratic presidential candidate also talked about an emotional moment she had with voters on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. Some analysts believe that this event help propelled her to an unexpected win. Clinton also talked about her recent comments about Martin Luther King Jr. that helped push the issue of race to the forefront of the campaign against the black Barack Obama, for the Democratic nomination.

Lastly, Clinton also suggested a nationwide contest “like a reality show” for a title for her husband, former President Clinton, should she win the nomination and later be elected the nation’s first female president.

For more resources about Dancing with the Stars or for the full story of Hillary Clinton Wants to Go Dancing with the Stars please review http://www.buddytv.com



Florence

Republicans for Hillary?

December 30th, 2008
Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:


Blame it on El Rushbo (Rush Limbaugh)! You know the conservative icon that exudes integrity but tells Republicans to forget their conscience and party affiliation and cross over and vote for Hillary. Anything is fair in politics and war! The best analysis so far shows that Republican voters have cast an awful lot of ballots lately for Senator Hillary Clinton: about 100,000 GOP loyalists voted for her in Ohio, 119,000 in Texas, and about 38,000 in Mississippi, exit polls show.

The theory is two-fold. Voting for Hillary who lags behind Obama will keep the Democrats tied up in bickering among themselves. Secondarily, they think that Hillary is the easier candidate to beat. To which I would say two things.

Pride goes before the fall and you need to be careful what you wish for because you just might get it and find out that you don’t want it.

Since Senator John McCain effectively sewed up the GOP nomination last month, Republicans have begun participating in Democratic primaries specifically to vote for Clinton, a tactic that some voters and local Republican activists think will help their party in November. With every delegate important in the tight Democratic race, this trend could help shape the outcome if it continues in the remaining Democratic primaries open to all voters.

“It’s as simple as, I don’t think McCain can beat Obama if Obama is the Democratic choice,” said Kyle Britt, 49, a Republican-leaning independent from Huntsville, Texas, who voted for Clinton in the March 4 primary. “I do believe Hillary can mobilize enough [anti-Clinton] people to keep her out of office.”

The Hillary Clinton campaign may be struggling now but I’ve learned to never help you opponent up until the fight is really over and it ain’t close to be over.

Scary logic to me but is there any logic in politics or war? But one more specific example.

About 1,100 miles north, in Granville, Ohio, Ben Rader, a 66-year-old retired entrepreneur, said he voted for Clinton in Ohio’s primary to further confuse the Democratic race. “I’m pretty much tired of the Clintons, and to see her squirm for three or four months with Obama beating her up, it’s great, it’s wonderful,” he said. “It broke my heart, but I had to.”

The current Democrats dilemma just may be the Republicans problem in November and their heart just might get broken again in November. It’s much like the Federal reserve trying to manipulate the markets. You can do it for only so long and then it all catches ujp with you. The markets are paying the price NOW. Republicans just might pay the price come November!



Travis

The Prospect for U.s. Elections 2008: Barack Obama Vs Hillary Clinton

December 16th, 2008
Tanmay Thakar asked:


Introduction

Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are campaigning for the presidential elections in the U.S. Speculations are rising over who will win the election. Ganesha also shares the same interest. He studies the charts of both candidates and tells us who has better chance over the other.

BARACK OBAMA has Libra Ascendant and Venus is placed in the 9th house indicating a strong personality. Sun, the significator of power and authority placed very close to MC is Digbali and indicates wonderful leadership qualities. The Lord of tenth house of career Moon is exalted and forming Gajakesari Yoga with Jupiter suggesting his potential as a leader and ideological facet of his professional character. Yogakaraka Saturn is Vargottama and placed in its own sign with Jupiter in the natal Chart, which makes him a hard worker and gives him stamina. Powerful Saturn is always a boon for a politician. Mars becomes Atmakarka indicating a strong character and Karakamsa becomes Sagittarius. If we apply Karakamsa in Navmansa char,t we find exalted Mercury in the tenth house and Moon-Jupiter conjunction in the 4th house forming a wonderful Rajayoga.

He is currently under the influence of Jupiter-Venus-Saturn period, which will end on 29th January. All the planets are very strong in his chart. So, there is no doubt about his potential as a candidate.

HILLARY CLINTON also has Libra Ascendant and strong Venus placed in the Ascendant gives her charismatic personality. Yogakaraka Saturn placed exactly over the midheaven looks wonderful and makes her chart significantly strong. She is disciplined and preferring to express carefully her strategies and policies. Adding to this, Moon- the 10th house Lord is in exchange with strong Saturn forming great Rajayoga and gives her endless perseverance. But it also indicates emotional volatility and she is easily irritated. Mars is debilitated but exalted in Navmansa and placed with Saturn in the 10th house giving her drive and ambition, but also signifying repressed anger.

She is currently running Venus-Saturn-Saturn period and both the planets are remarkably powerful and well placed in her chart. But in D-10 chart, Saturn becomes weak which seems to create hurdles in her race for White House.

Planetary influences during the primaries

The Democratic Party’s presidential primaries begin with the Iowa caucus and will continue through June 2008. However, the outcome will probably be determined by March 4 when ten states hold their primaries, including Texas and New York. From an astrological viewpoint, the critical time frame would be from January 7 to March 4, 2008. This phase would be fascinating, and is likely to be full of surprises, comebacks, and strong gesture from candidates, due to retrograde Mars through January 29, and then Mercury is retrograde from January 27 to February 18 along with retrograde Saturn. Under these planetary influences, one might expect a great deal of uncertainty and shifting of voter count.

Predictions

There is no doubt that we are going to witness a fascinating contest between Obama and Hillary, as both have the natal planetary promises in their charts that facilitate their ambitions. For Hillary, the transiting Sun would be moving in opposition to natal Saturn and also forming square with Rahu, which looks unfavorable. These confusing, depressing, disorienting influences may hamper her progress particularly between 20th January and 13th February. This period may have lasting effects on chances of Hillary to become presidential candidate. HILLARY will have to work very hard to remain in the race as she might be running out of time. She must also ensure her safety and must be placed under tight protection, as the period between August and October is indicating injuries for her.

Conclusion

May Lord Ganesha bless U.S with the right President!

Ganeshas Grace,

Tanmay K.Thakar

The Ganeshaspeaks Team



Annie

Hillary Clinton Campaign

December 15th, 2008
Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:


Is the Hillary Clinton campaign machine in the last throes of life? There is no mistaking a certain flailing, a lashing-out, as Hillary Clinton has become angry, mocking, and offensive in the last few days leading up to today’s Ohio debate- the 20th such debate and the LAST! Tonight is D-Day for the Hillary express. A kick off or the boot?

One such indicator of a failing campaign is the denial of any sense of reality. Harold Ickes as an example, gave the following description of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prospects, “We’re on the way to locking this nomination down,” he said of a candidate who appears, if anything, headed in the other direction. Locking it down? Get real!

The Austin Texas debate did not help Hillary. Will Ohio tonight?

Ickes added, while played the good cop role also said, “We think we are on the verge of our next up cycle,” he reported, even suggesting the apparent impossibility that Clinton “may be running even” with Obama when all the contests are over. “This race is very close,” he judged. “This is tight as a tick.”

Someone get that man a cup of coffee and wake him up!

In case the Clinton camp missed something, Obama has won ELEVEN election contests in a row, is ahead in teh pledged delegate count, the total delegate count, and the popular vote. Granted, we have four primaries coming up next week with 400+ delegates at stake, but it’s doubtful those four will change much of the current trend if anything at all.

The Obama tsunami rolls on!



Clinton

Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton

November 26th, 2008
Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:


Guess what today is? It’s SUPER TUESDAY, the day we’ve all been waiting for. Who will get a slight nudge, if anyone, coming out of Super Tuesday? Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton are locked in a very tight race all over the place. What we do know is that the race for the Democratic nomination won’t be settled today, but someone will have the momentum and there seems to be no doubt that is the Barack-Star. But, can he maintain it against the Clinton political machinery? Remember, they don’t play fair!

And then there is the fantasy talk about a “dream ticket”. It sounds terribly exciting and history-making to have a woman and an African-American competing against the Republicans, but there are multiple reasons why this won’t happen. But, it simply isn’t going to happen- either way! Here’s what I see.

Clinton is too arrogant to share the limelight with anyone, even if that person is the Vice President. She will not be overshadowed by anyone! Clinton is popular in Democratic circles, but that pales in comparison to the love and affection showered on Obama. Obama has brought me to tears on a couple of occasions and I’m more of a Republican than a Democrat. He simply has a message of HOPE and that attracts folks on the left, right and the disenfranchised.

Being numero dos is unthinkable for Hillary. She’s not interested in second fiddle and doesn’t want to have to fight to be on the stage.

On the other hand, Obama would not want to carry all the Clinton baggage- can you say Hillary-Gate? He has offered a vision of change, and having to answer to the years of strife under the Clintons would be too much. Further, an Obama run would be about going after Republicans and independents, and Clinton being on the ticket would make that very difficult.

Besides, she’s also 60, and being VP to Obama means that if he wins two terms, she’ll be 68 running for the highest office in the land and she is hearing the “he’s too old” comments aimed at John McCain. Oh yes, and then there’d be the fact that Obama doesn’t really need the constant reminder that the first black president is married to his Vice President, should he choose Hillary, and that he dated more black women that Obama ever did. Who needs the reminders?!

And did I mention that there’s no love lost between the two, not to mention what mutual dis-respect Bubba and Michelle probably have towards each other. I simply can’t image such a dream ticket, which would relationally be a nightmare ticket that would make the Clinton-Gore relationship pale in comparison. Talk abdout the Hatfields and the McCoys!

Way too much bad blood between these two during this campaign. A lot of folks say that George H.W. Bush rankled Ronald Reagan by declaring his economic plan “voodoo economics.” That didn’t keep Reagan from adding Bush to the ticket. But Bush was one of these loyal guys who would have done anything for the party. That’s not Hillary who would do anything for herself only!

No, these two history makers will have to go it alone: and only ONE of them can do that, not both.



Bill

Hillary’s Tall Tale

November 18th, 2008
Ernie Fitzpatrick asked:


By now almost everyone knows the story known as Hillary’s tall tale, and her trip to Bosnia. She fled the plane, running to a car under sniper fire. Then the CBS News tape tells the truth. The first spin was that she meant there was sniper fire in the hills. That quickly changed to the second spin that she mis-spoke. And the lastest is? Hilalry told reporters in Pennsylvania on Tuesday: “So I made a mistake. That happens. It shows I’m human, which for some people is a revelation.” In other wors, get over it!

Are you ready for some political martial arts? Hillary lost the Florida and Michigan (round # 2), but she’s coming out hard in round three.

The gloves are off and Hillary is coming at Obama like a kamakazi going a steam ship sitting still in the water. It is bare knuckles time. Everyone knew it would happen before the end of this political season and one of her aides has now confirmed it with a Tonya Harding metaphor. You remember her, right?

Hillary will break Obama’s legs and take him down at any cost. And here are two opening salvos.

1-In a move that might be seen as desperate, Hillary Clinton has suggested that delegates pledged to Barack Obama due to primary and caucus results are free to “flip” and vote for her instead.

2-Hillary told Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, that said she would have left her church if her pastor made the sort of inflammatory remarks Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor made. “He would not have been my pastor,” Clinton said. “You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.” Here she comes full throttle.

As David Brooks wrote, “For three more months (maybe more!) the campaign will proceed along in its Verdun-like pattern. There will be a steady rifle fire of character assassination from the underlings, interrupted by the occasional firestorm of artillery when the contest touches upon race, gender or patriotism. The policy debates between the two have been long exhausted, so the only way to get the public really engaged is by poking some raw national wound.

Get ready to be wounded Obama! You better ry and find one of those DUMPs to hide out. This is the big leagues and you’re up against the MACHINE!



Tommy