Comments on: Clinton Claims She Didn’t Say McCain Is More Qualified Than Obama

By: Pollywogs! » Blog Archive » A roundup! part 2…

Pollywogs! » Blog Archive » A roundup! part 2… — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:11:44 +0000

[...] Clinton is fucking Barak Obama. I knew this, hell, it is painfully obvious to everyone…how can Hillary not realize we all know? I find it very disturbing that getting fucked herself by Bill Clinton all of those long, hard [...]

By: Rosey

Rosey — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:42:09 +0000

Hillary and Bill are the reason the word “Clintonianism” was added to the English language. They are masters of drawing people to the conclusion the Clintons want without actually stating the conclusion. Denialbility is an art form to them. The question voters must ask themselves is, do we want 4 more years of Clintonianism’s. My answer is no way!

By: indyanonamous

indyanonamous — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:34:06 +0000

The danger of repeating false things in light of the permanence of the web is that you end up looking like a buffoon (aka frat boi bush). The more you contradict yourself, the more that the web savvy generation will pick up on it. Paul, I think you are right for now and in the past. But going forward politicians will need to be aware of the permanence on the web because it is much easier to hold them accountable for what they say vs. what they do, or when they contradict themselves.
IMO - the future politician who is open about contradictions in their statements or mistakes they made will be more successful than those who continue to take the authoritarian approach that has dominated politics for all of my life time (was born in 1975).

By: Mark, from Mpls.

Mark, from Mpls. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:04:57 +0000

Is HRC presidential or illogical? Sure she’s intelligent, but history is full of intelligent fools that lacked sound judgment. I find her to be an irrational whirlwind, an emotional roller coaster that continues to break the law of non-contradiction.
• One moment she can be found calmly praising Senator Obama and saying how honored she is to be sitting next to him, then the next hour she’s ramping and raving like a senile elder who fell off her medication.
• One day she scolds the Senator “shame on you” for him amplifying the same distinction about “mandates” in her health care plan that she’s been arguing for throughout the campaign.
• One moment she draws parallels to her old menace Ken Starr and asserts Senator Obama is not presidential, but next she turns around and praises him on what a good vice president Barack would make.
• She admits to voting yes on new legislation however, turns around crosses her fingers, and hopes the bill doesn’t pass.
• She doesn’t take the time to read the intelligence report but goes ahead and cast a yes vote on authorizing Military force to wage a war, then turns around and faults everyone but herself for going to war.
• She mocks Barack’s message of hope and change then uses similar “change” slogans for her own campaign.
• She complains of Barack plagiarizing his friend in a debate then closes her debate by plagiarizing two people of her own.
• In Iowa, she says it’s not the number of states you win but the number of delegates, but after she fall’s behind in the delegate count she says it’s not the number of delegates but which states you win.
• She discounts Barak’s wins in states with African-Americans voters, then turns around and also discounts predominantly white states like Idaho, Utah, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and others.

You find irrational people like these weaving baskets in a padded room, locked up for their own protection, let alone the protection of our citizens, America and the world at large. Illustrations of her erratic, irrational behavior and illogical thought process go on and on and on……..

When it comes down to a precocious sage or some presumptions elder, I’ll confidently take the precocious sage… in this case Senator Barack Obama.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:57:56 +0000

Dave’s quite right; she didn’t explicitly say it, she strongly implied it. that’s what politicians do. Her subsequent retraction might be dishonest, but it’s not an out-and-out lie.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:25:42 +0000

What she said was, I have experience, McCain has experience, and Obama has a speech. That is not exactly the same as McCain is more qualified. What she did, quite intentionally, was come as close to saying McCain is more qualified without actually saying it. But of course, yes, we all know what she meant.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:25:15 +0000

@Jerry: “The old school Pols have never fully realized the impact of the web and the fact that what they say lives forever.”

Yes, and they know well the effectiveness of repeating things - even false things - to cement them in the public mind. Behold the Bush administration. Hillary is no fool folks. Everything she says is calculated to produce a result.

By: TerenceC

TerenceC — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:33:52 +0000

Hillary - just go. Your (D and R) opponents have been studying your tactics for over 15 years - and although they have adapted, you haven’t. Same tactics, same message of “you’re all mopes - and only I know what’s right”.

Wellington studied Napoleon for over 10 years before engaging him in battle - he memorized his tactics and defeated Napoleon with his own strategies. He wasn’t necessarily smarter or better, he was just patient. You had your Waterloo in WI Hillary - now just leave these things to your “betters”. Watch your backside on the way out!

By: sic

sic — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:21:36 +0000

Wow Dave, that is some serious cognitive dissonance you have going on. I suppose it is symptomatic of the Clinton campaign. But again, wow.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:15:10 +0000

Congrats on being a complete idiot Dave and missing the point.

By: BobS

BobS — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:31:12 +0000

“She didn’t say it…. She said ask Obama… That makes you just a f#$@*&g troll………..”

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Of course she said it, genius. She is a liar and a weasel, and you are an idiot for trying to defend a snake by parsing her words. Moron.

By: Dave...

Dave... — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:34:49 +0000

She didn’t say it….
She said ask Obama…
That makes you just a f#$@*&g troll………..
You wasted my time thank you!

By: Jerry I

Jerry I — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:16:06 +0000

The old school Pols have never fully realized the impact of the web and the fact that what they say lives forever. They are used to saying something in a local market and have it stay there, or if called on it say it was taken out of context. They are used to newspaper or tv news cycles, they don’t realize the power or the reach of the web.