Friday, May 16, 2008

Hillary Is All The Rage


Obama's nomination all but officially sealed up, her 20 million dollar loan barking loud, this woman Hillary Clinton looks all fired up and ready to go: she is on on all cylinders. Somebody tell her to slow down a bit. The end is near. And she might want to take a week off before she jumps onto the Obama bandwagon.

Hillary has come a long way as a person, and she has brought the women of America and the women of the world a long way with her. My favorite story about Hillary is she shows up in this remote village in India as First Lady and gets surrounded by the local women who tell her, you have no idea what it means to us that you are here.

Hillary is a complete woman. She has worked, she has raised a family. Some would say she has managed to raise a husband. As First Lady of Arkansas back in the 1980s she once said, "If I were to not kick Bill Clinton's ass every morning, he would not amount to anything."

We Can Put Hillary On The Ticket, But What Are We Going To Do With Bill Clinton?

Events

Downtown Forum: Candidates for Assembly & State Senate - DFNYC & MYD
Generation Obama Reception

In The News

Analysis: Obama reacts fast to Bush on diplomacy The Associated Press 2004, when Republicans portrayed John Kerry as irresolute and weak on national security. ....... Obama, appearing unusually feisty and at times sarcastic, led the countercharge himself. ....... replaces strategy and analysis and smart policy with bombast, exaggerations and fear-mongering ...... Swiftboat became part of the political vernacular. ..... "We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement.'"
Same-sex marriage ruling also a victory for SF mayor San Jose Mercury News
With Zimbabwe Presidential Run-Off Date Set, Tough Campaign Looms
Voice of America
For Obama, Demographics May Be Key to the White House
Forbes some rumors just don’t die—because he’s Muslim. ...... about 55% of whites born in 1943 or later reported that they had at least some black friends. The corresponding figures for those born between 1927 and 1942, and for those born between 1911 and 1926: 50% and 40%, respectively. The same studies found similar differences between cohorts in favoring or opposing desegregation. ......... today, about 95% of Americans tell pollsters that they would vote for a qualified black presidential candidate.
Clinton's 'Classy' Exit Strategy Newsweek She's letting go, and allowing--even encouraging--the general election to begin.
Obama Accuses Bush, McCain of Launching Divisive Attacks Voice of America
Clinton not entitled to veep spot
Seattle Post Intelligencer In identity politics, ritualized indignation about imagined affronts is highly choreographed and hence predictable. ..... The female candidate is like all other candidates. This is what equality looks like -- life as an equal opportunity dispenser of disappointments. ...... Clinton has been carrying categories of voters that Obama has had trouble attracting.
A few reasons why Hillary Clinton still runs Los Angeles Times Clinton's grassroots supporters don't want her to quit ..... Women are so used to being told, 'No, you can't do that.' Sometimes it just takes the strength to keep doing it." ...... Both speeches were upbeat, high-energy affairs, tinged with optimism and no hints of resignation
Why Hillary Clinton will fight on
CNN Hiroo Onoda was a second lieutenant in World War II who didn't surrender until 1974. ...... he carried on his war alone in the jungles of the Philippines for nearly thirty years after the rest of the world knew it was over.
Obama Should Run With Beaten, Unbowed Clinton: Margaret Carlson Bloomberg She's not nearly as grating as she used to be. ...... I'm able to resist the urge to see if there's something burning in the oven when she comes on television. ...... Now she's found a new identity with the anti-trade, beer-and-shot crowd, more coal miner's daughter than coal mine owner, after trying on unapologetic warrior chief, sensitive girl, and path-breaking change agent, sometimes all in a week. ....... The woman reveling in the election-night returns this week seemed closer to the real thing than any Hillary we have seen. ...... She's tried on Mrs. Bubba, and it works not only in Pennsylvania and West Virginia but with Bill; she hasn't been the center of his attention this much in a long time. ..... Confidantes say she dreads going back to the Senate







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