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By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » The Hero and the Queen of Darkness - A Super Tuesday Fairy Tale

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:18:16 +0000

[...] And the scribes and town criers sang his praises and told of his great deeds and of his victory and prophesied the death of the dark Queen until the day came that she cried out in anguish and defeat. But the King unleashed powerful wizards of special interest and once again cast his spell on the people of the Hampshires and Nevada and Lo! The people saw the Queen was not dead. [...]

By: Dave Gordon

Dave Gordon — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:14:01 +0000

By no means am I ever going to “pull the switch” for Obama, but in regards to the tonight’s debate, he is CLEANING HILLARY’S CLOCK. I kind of admire the guy for the way he takes her on. Thank God someone’s willing to stand up to the Clintons.

I understand the appeal to Obama, he’s a dynamic liberal socialist. I never did understand Bill’s appeal (he reminded me of a used-car salesman) and as far as Hillary goes, what’s up with her? She’s the antithesis of excitement, but with no substance. I don’t understand the attraction with her in the slightest. Really. She’s monotone, she’s can’t get her story straight for more than three days straight and that voice could peel paint when she gets “excited.” For all you socialists out there (not that there will be a lot on this website), please tell me what the draw is to Hillary, because I don’t see it.

I swear, I must be going insane. If it’s really a thing where “she’s not Bush” there are a lot more qualified socialists than Hill (Rendell, Shumer, Feinstein, the list goes on).

By: busboy33

busboy33 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:43:09 +0000

@Rick:

“All presidents aspire for power â€“ mostly so that they can enact policies they believe in. The Clintonâ€™s have demonstrated an appetite for power simply for the sake of exercising it with policies a secondary consideration or worse, simply a means to an end.”

That is probably the most un/incredible thing I read in your posts for a while (probably since your “attention whores only fake assault because they are classified as hate crimes” post). It’s not incredible that Hilary is a power-addict . . . it’s incredible that you think somehow the other players seek power for altristic reasons.

You really think that there’s a difference between Hilary and Romney (aside from style?) That the reason he will be whatever his audience wants to see is because he thinks it’s the only way to advance the policies he believes in? Gotta flat out disagree with you on this one, sir.

By: Wramblin' Wreck

Wramblin' Wreck — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:31:28 +0000

It would be fascinating to see Hillary as a contestant on CBS’ Survivor. Her modus operandi would be very appropriate for that venue. I wonder how far she could progress?

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:56:24 +0000

Clinton comes up big in Nevada caucuses…

Sen. Hillary Clinton will win Nevada’s Democratic caucuses Saturday, CNN projects.

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By: Gang of One

Gang of One — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:52:30 +0000

And none of the Republican candidates, nor their campaigns can use this to their advantage. And the MSM will not make an issue of this. Breathtaking …

By: Sirius Familiaris

Sirius Familiaris — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:40:23 +0000

I imagine Bill’s role in the Lady Macbeth administration will be to deflect attention from her Machiavellian antics.

By: michael reynolds

michael reynolds — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:23:03 +0000

Let me know when they get to the point of equating a legless, one-armed war-vet with Osama Bin Laden. Or when they start accusing someone of having an out wedlock black baby. Or when they accuse a heroic prisoner of war of having sold out his country during five years of torture. That’s when we’ll know they’ve sunk to the level of Republicans.

By: Allahpunditredux

Allahpunditredux — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:59:22 +0000

This could make for some very interesting dynamics in the next couple of years. I think that the Clinton tactics may accomplish one of two things (1) Go overboard to the point that she loses the nomination battle, or (2) she wins the battle but in the general election the black voters stay home

In either case she will go too far. Turn to the GOP race and a McCain or Rudy nomination draws some disaffected dems who would have grudgingly voted along party lines against a Thompson or Romney candidate.

If she loses the nomination battle the only person who could effectively compete with Obama is Mcain. If she wins it the disaffected dems may see McCain as a viable option much as the “reagan dems” in 1980.
This is not a comparison to Reagan the person, simply the election atmosphere of 1980.

By: DaleB

DaleB — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:00:52 +0000

Rick,

Do you really expect the MSM to highlight any of this to the public?

The MSM is only going to hype those candidates THEY want to see in power.