Comments on: Bill Clinton Makes Josh Marshall Uncomfortable

By: daniel

daniel — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:25:56 +0000

I, too, am a bleeding-heart liberal who supported Clinton throughout the 90’s. But the negativity shown by both Clintons during this campaign has disgusted me as well, and I seriously don’t know if I could vote for Hillary at this point.

By: A Second Hand Conjecture

A Second Hand Conjecture — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:31:40 +0000

The Transformational Dream…

Bill Clinton’s recent emergence as Hillary’s principal anti-Obama attack dog has left a lot of people somewhat uncomfortable. We’re not generally accustomed to seeing this sort of bare knuckled political brawling from a former preside…

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Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:54:04 +0000

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By: Jammer

Jammer — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:30:57 +0000

Oh Justin. I respect your view point and right to present it. But with the US Supreme Court hanging in the balance, with 4 ubber conservatives waiting for one more to join them to undo what has been accomplished in the past 40-50 years, how can you seriously consider sitting out the election or voting other than for the Democrat? I find that unacceptable in terms of our personal duty to our nation. I will not do a thing to aid the appointment of another Scalia or Alito to this court. Particularly with liberal Justice Stevens expected to retire soon it is absolutely critical that a Dem appoint the next Justice (or hopefully two). I cannot recall the last time the court hung in the balance like this. The next appointment will determine where this court goes for decades. The Dem nominee will have my support and enthusiasm and vote, no matter who it is. I believe Dr. King would have agreed with this philosophy.

Why do people get so upset over these things? Why do people who follow politics as a hobby get so upset over these things? If my hobby made me so upset I would find a new one. Its a political campaign. Hard fought. High stakes. Both sides are entitled to fight with all they have. Bill is entitled to have is say and his part in it. They are fighters and will not go away easily. Thats what I liked about Bill back in 1991. He knew how to fight, and how to win, and he knew if you didnt win, you couldnt accomplish a damn thing. So he says a few critical things about Obama. Big deal. Fight back. From your post it looks like he is. Good for him. End of story. No cause for rage or fury or statements about not voting unless your man wins. If Obama cannot overcome this he cannot possibly survive the coming Republican onslaught which will make the criticism of Obama by Clinton seem completely kind and tame.

I really do not understand why political junkies, of all people, cannot divorce themselves for their fondness for one candidate for the purpose of writing about politics, and simply let the campaign unfold and let them slug it out without expressing outrage over what one candidate or another does. If we dont all let our heads explode in the process, our nominee will be stronger for it. And if we get into a childish revenge thing: “I wont vote for the nominee so there” we will lose the Whitehouse, and the Supreme Court, and a lot of progressive people will have to ask themselves why they allowed that to happen because they allowed themselves to get into a snit. There, I said it.

By: John

John — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:21:55 +0000

“For the record, and as a Democrat, Clinton’s attacks don’t make me uncomfortable…they make me furious. So much so that I would consider voting against Hillary in the general election. ”

That’s whats wrong with these elections these days, people voting on race, sympathy, emotion, and vengeance rather than the issues. tsk tsk.