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By Bosch

June 2, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

She’s done - she needs to go home. I’ve never liked Hillary much and I’ve liked her less and less with each passing day. She’s been beat for a while now, but she just can’t face it.

By Stand up

June 2, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

Hillary would make a great VP.

And Prez too.

Obama landslide in the fall.

McCain doesn’t have a chinaman’s chance to win anything. That guy just doesn’t have “it”.

Does he? He’s forgettable. If you dont see him every minute of every day, he disappears from your mind. If you do see him every minute of every day, he disappears from you mind.

He’s just not with it.

By Stand up

June 2, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

I really get excited when I think about an OBAMA/CLINTON ticket.

It’s a beautiful thing to contemplate. Really, what a two-headed monster for justice THAT would be!!!

By CJ

June 2, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

These indicators could just as easily be interpreted to mean that she’s raising money for and planning her campaign for the, as Howard Wolfson called it, “superdelegate primary”.

On the other hand, there was one indicator that I found persuasive in the other direction, and that was that Clinton had a telephone conversation with Obama last night. Assuming that such conversations on primary election days are unusual, this could mean something.

As for the other signs…they don’t increase my comfort level very much.

By RealityKing

June 2, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

A pathetic ending to a perversely corrupt legacy. Good riddance..

By gene

June 2, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this

The election of Obama would be a sad day for Democracy. Can you say Cuba with snow? This guy is VERY dangerous to our country!

By CJ

June 2, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

Following up on my previous post, regarding last night’s phone conversation, an Obama spokesperson said: “He called to congratulate her on her victory in Puerto Rico, that’s it.”

I hope I’m wrong, but I still have that nagging feeling.

By Bud Wiser

June 2, 2008 9:05 PM | Link to this

You people that think Obama will win in the fall are idiots, as well as no students of history. The last time America had a very unpopular ‘wartime President’ running for re-election against such a severely left wing Democrat, was Richard Nixon vs George McGovern in 1972. The socialist media, mostly print media back then, had been claiming the race was going to be too close to call, at least from their wishful thinking point of view. It end result was (before the horrendously incompetent Jimmy Carter vs Ronald Reagan) up to then, the most lopsided election in American history. Do any of you leftists remember who won??? Duh…

By Bud Wiser

June 2, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this

The last time America went brain dead and elected as President a person so completely unfit and incapable of handling the job, we got Jimmy Carter. You youngsters don’t know about the ravages of 23% ANNUAL inflation rates to your wallet (makes these gas price hikes minuscule by comparison), REAL gas lines, a military stripped to the bone so lean that the National Guard looked like Green Berets in comparison, Europe and the rest of the world laughing out loud at our leader of the free world. I know these things because you obviously haven’t read your history books, and cannot comprehend what having a truly incompetent person as your President can do to your country, and therefore support an unelectable show pony like Obama. A wise man though did say once, and I paraphrase, “If you are not liberal when you are young, you have no heart. If you are liberal when you are older, you have no brain.” Enjoy your stupidity; it can be fun to be dumb, because no one expects anything from you.

By Yeah baby

June 3, 2008 12:26 AM | Link to this

Yeah and I remember trick a dick saying “I AM NOT A CROOK “

By Bud Whiner

June 3, 2008 7:27 AM | Link to this

The last time we had an idiot war time president is now; George Jr. has brought America to the lowest point since the depression in the 1930’s, gotten alot of soldiers killed and wounded and historians now say his presidency is failed and a majority also say it is the worst in history. The trillions of dollars that will be spent on jr.’s war and the survivors, means that those dollars will not beavailable to be spent on schools, cancer and other disease research and improving our lives here and around the world.

By Copyleft

June 3, 2008 7:59 AM | Link to this

I wonder what President Obama will offer Hillary in exchange for her support? A cabinet post, perhaps?

We really should’t put off these decisions until the last minute… we’ve got a country to save.

By Wild Bill Hiltner

June 3, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this

Bud Whiner, we you born after 1980?

By steve-o

June 3, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

Bud Wiser,

You wingnuts love to use that overplayed Churchill quote to justify your utter obtuseness in voting for the worst president ever—not once but twice!

By hotlanta

June 3, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

It is about time. Because each time she whines the rules were changed to please her. First she said the winner should be decided by the popular vote. Obama started winning, then she said it should be decided by the Super Delegates. We never heard of them until this election. Now she is losing she is talking about the popular vote again. She complained how Obama got to answer the first question. If this is the end we are really gonna see white women go off on the deep end tonight. She doesn’t need to be VP because I would trust her. She will be telling Bill everything that Obama is doing.

By Jack

June 3, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

Most of you ultra conservatives know George W. is the worst president ever. You will sabre rattle right up until the end. But when you get into the voting booth, none of your conservative friends will know how you voted. You will vote like the majority of Americans and then tell your friends you voted for McBush.

By GMAN

June 3, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

McNugget can’t win and whoever he chooses as a running mate (let’s call him Hamburgler) is doomed to the back pages of history as well.

By Kevin

June 3, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

I need to ask those of you who support Senator Obama the following question. Senator Obama talks about change. If he becomes President, what are we changing to? If you feel compelled to reply to this question by saying we are changing from Bush, don’t waste your time. That is an intellectually lazy answer. Tell me what President Obama will do.

Senator Obama says he will provide a national health plan in his first 100 days that will be as good as what members of Congress have. Those of you who support this notion, are you willing to have this plan if it means increasing your taxes by say 20%? And don’t tell me that it by finding savings in present health care spending; that assumes a fiscal discipline not exhibited in either congressional Democrats or Republicans.

By Move Forward

June 3, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

I do think this will be the last night we have both excellent choices running for President in the Democratic Party. As a Hillary supporter, because she has the experience, she has the wisdom, she has the tenacity, and she has the balls to get this country moving, I am saddened but very proud of how she stayed in this race. She didn’t back down from republicans, from back room cigar smoking white men, or from the wealthy. She ran her campaign and gave it her best fight. She has nothing to be ashamed of and still has an enormous amount to offer this country. She has always fought for the downtrodden and she still will. McCain will not win this because he can’t. He is too old, too much like Bush, and republican. This country is tired of the rhetoric the republicans have handed us the last 7 years and more is coming out daily on how this counrty was lied to by the republicans. It will take them a long time to recover. I do hope the democrats learned valuable lessons from them on how not to act and move this country forward by extending the olive branch once again to the conservatives. And if the conserviatives continue to be the problem instead of joining with us to resolves the problems, they will find themselves extinct.

By Jack

June 3, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

So kevin, what do we do? Continue to let the elderly choose between food and their health care? Or maybe continue our high death rate of babies, the highest percentage in the modern era of any modernized nation. Or maybe we can just continue to turn away the sick and injured because they have no insurance. Middle class famalies are suffering severely for this reason, no health care insurance. Let’s at least let someone try to fix the problem.

By Jeff

June 3, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

If raising my taxes by 20% meant I didn’t have to, you know, PAY A HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM, I’d think that was a pretty darn good deal. For cryin’ out loud, think for a minute.

By RealityKing

June 3, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

I pay 5% for a families plan, dental included, in the best health care environment in the world. AND if I don’t like the service I’m getting at my local dentist/doctor’s office, I can take my business somewhere, most anywhere, else.

Grady’s emergency care is the equivalent of England’s NHS. Just page on over to the BBC’s complaint department(have your say), if you believe otherwise…

By Bosch

June 3, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Reality King,

You pay 5% of what?

By Bosch

June 3, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Reality King,

And just how long did you live in England? How many times have you been to Grady’s emergency room?

I’m assuming you have done both since you feel qualified to make such a first hand comparison.

By KnowItAll

June 3, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

If we’re all lucky, and if this country is truly blessed by God, we’ll never hear from the narcissistic Clintons ever again.

..but somehow I doubt it.

By Tom

June 3, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

1st, I’ll believe it when (re: IF) it happens…

2nd, IF it happens it’s to salvage the VP job (and/or beg for $$$), NOT because of loyalty to the party/concern for the country…

to the Obama higher-ups: do NOT let your guard down! this isn’t over till the gavel falls at the convention (at the earliest)! I hope it is but she has given us absolutely NO reason to trust her and plenty not to…

By Leftist Pete

June 3, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this

This time, we liberals aint gonna let Diebold and the Supreme Court steal the election!

Hold fast, Liberalicious Lobby! We shall take to the streets and the courts and shall never surrendah!

We shall win! The right is wrong. The right is left. The right is stupido. Protest! Have sit-ins! Have love-ins! Have have-in!

bwa ha.

buwaaa!

By Blind Homer

June 3, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this

And with her goes the last chance of having any reasonable foreign policy the nxt four years.

By Chelsea

June 3, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

You right-winged meanies had better stop with the ugly remarks about my mommy! Mommy will win tonight and daddy will be back in the White House. So there!! Go mommy, GO!!!!

By RealityKing

June 3, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

My healthcare costs have never been more than 5% of my middle class income, 15 years running..

And yes, I have had the displeasure of experiencing both Grady and the NHS. But please, go, see for yourself. You too can walk into Grady today, free of charge. In fact, you can sue if they turn you away.. Now if you were to travel over to England and brake you leg, you will also be able to wait, and wait, and wait, for service in their NHS. Exactly like Grady, well…, except for the funny English accents.

By ###

June 3, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

While I am a Clinton supporter, I am not one who is adamant that she MUST be on the Democratic ticket this fall. However, I’m curious about something. For those Obama supporters here who are adamant that she should not be on the ticket, what would your position have been if the primary season had turned out differently (i.e. Clinton winning and having to consider Obama as VP)? My guess is that you would be demanding him a shot as running mate. Just keep in mind that 17 million people voted for Clinton and those voters are just as invested in this nation’s future as you are.

By concerned

June 3, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

In the beginning I was strictly for Hillary. I never considered Obama. I liked Hillary and then Edwards. It wasn’t until maybe the 6th or 7th debate that I started listening to Obama, and that was only because of all the spin I heard on what he really said. And from that, to me, he came out on top and Edwards, not Hillary right there at the top. I think Edwards should be his running mate, not Hillary. I wouldn’t want Obama anywhere near Hillary for any reasons.

By JRI

June 3, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

McCain wins easily this fall. The smoke and mirrors from Obama The Magician will cease and the truth will be heard: That he is an anti-american liberal senator with no experience and likes to yell “Change” alot. While McCain is a decorated war hero, who does not bow to beltway politics or corporations(Obama is FAR outraising McCain from big corporations). The choice is easy…

By Tom

June 3, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this

if the situation were reversed and Obama had stooped to the tactics she has then I would absolutely say she would be justified in not offering it to him. that said her picking him has always made more sense than him picking her - until recently he had almost no negatives wheras she (right or wrong/like it or not) has always had about as many people dispise her as she does kool-aid drinkers. in other words, he would have been a huge net gain for her in the general while she is probably not much above breakeven (again, key word being NET). that said he pretty much has to at least offer it now since breaking even is still was better than pouring gasoline on a 17 million torch-wielding mob…

By C

June 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

Stop it!!! Stop all this talk about that silver-tongued Obama guy. My mommy will be the nominee after tonight. Daddy said so and daddy has connections! My mommy told me that she is going to select Nancy as VP. Go, mommy, GO!!!!

By Cheryl Norwood

June 3, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

If Obama picks Clinton for his VP I will NOT vote for him because it proves he is the biggest dumbbutt ever.

By Kevin

June 3, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

Good comments, Jack. I have been in health care for almost 30 years so let me address your points. The elderly do not have to choose between food and health care. There is Medicare. With the number of free clinics supported by hospitals as well as public health clinics, no woman regardless of econcomic status has to do without prenatal care. But they have to go at the beginning of their pregnancy and not wait until they are ready to deliver. And no hospital turns away those uninsured patients who are sick and in need of attention.

The system is not perfect and can be improved. But if we allow the government to assume more responsibility our level of quality will fall not increase. Every year, a hospital has to fill out a very complicated 180 page cost report and we have not been reimbursed costs in 25 years. That is government at work.

The uninsured can be addressed through pools of insurance that can be accessed by health care providors for uninusred or underinsured patients. The taxes on tobacco could address this easily but we would have to focibly remove our politician’s death grip on the public purse to accomplish this.

By JRI

June 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

John McCain for President!!! Down with government programs that reward laziness and imcompetence!!! Lets make people accountable for for their actions!!! Stop using “lets tax the rich” as an answer to our problems!! No more handouts for you liberal goons!!!

JRI

By JRI

June 3, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

All together now!!!

NO MORE HANDOUTS! NO MORE HANDOUTS! NO MORE HANDOUTS!

By Bosch

June 3, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

Reality King,

When I broke my leg a few years back, I also had to wait and wait and wait to be seen - here, in the U.S.A. I had to wait two weeks to have surgery.

By Ross

June 3, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

If Obama wins the nomination, it will be because of the media attacks on Clinton, which have been underway for the past 16 or so years.

Also, if he doesn’t offer her the VP slot, he’ll never win the election in November. Of course, she probably won’t accept but he has to offer it to her. He can’t win without her supporters and they won’t back him unless he offers her the job.

McCain has to be praying that Obama chooses another VP, because then the presidency is his for the taking.

By Jack

June 3, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Hillary should have ended the campaign months ago. She simply hoped for a “moment” that would end Obama’s campaign.

Why she should not be the VP (or the Prez)

1) She was for the rules (Florida and Michigan) until she was against them (when she needed them to win.

2) She was for the popular vote until she saw that she could only win with the Super Delegates… then suddenly she was the only candidate who could win.. the voters be damned.

3) She “misspoke” on 3 occasions about “sniper fire”. This is called telling a lie. No one has difficulty remembering getting shot at. This was an outrageous lie that should have ended her campaign. If Obama or McCain had made the statement, their campaigns would have been over.

4) She had Bill and her surrogates play the “girl” card. Oh… the media is picking on the girl. This, of course, was to rally any woman foolish enough to believe this nonsense.

5) Its time for the Clintons to take the $100,000,000 they’ve made selling their fame and contacts and leave the country alone.

6) The first woman President should be a woman who earns her own reputation, not one who rides her husbands. For example, Nancy Pelosi.

By h ryder

June 3, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

Mrs. Clinton, leave and avoid allowing the door to hit your ample rearend on the way out.

By Chelsea

June 3, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

You take back that comment about my mommy’s rear end; it’s not that big and neither is mine. My mommy is going to win this campaign - you just hide and watch! Go mommy, GO!!!!

By Changeling

June 3, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

So, Cheryl Norwood, you’re such a believer in change and the Obama message that you would not vote for him if Clinton were on the ticket, and by doing so lend your support to McCain, to make the point that you want change, but just not that change, so you’d support the non-change offered by McCain, or something like that, sorta, kinda. Let me know if I have that wrong.

By CJ

June 3, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

If somebody parrots that “17 million voted for Clinton” nonsense one more time,…

Anyway, Clinton came in second place in the only metric that matters…pledged delegates (campaigning for pledged delegates requires a different strategy, a “50 state strategy” than campaigning for popular votes). Not that it matters, but Obama also won more states and more popular votes (no fuzzy math needed).

When it comes to political party nominations, there are no second place medals (or automatic spots on the ticket). The winner has the right…no…the obligation to pick the VP nominee that he thinks will be best for him and the country in the long run.

By Chelsea

June 3, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

CJ, you are a very disturbed person. I will not stand by and have false “facts” thrown around at my mommy’s expense. My mommy won the popular vote and she will be the nominee after the dust has settled tonight. I cannot wait to move back into the White House where we used to live together as such a happy family. My daddy already has his things packed for the move back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Go mommy, GO!!!!

By BUTCH

June 3, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

i can’t believe we are fighting a war that was started to remove a man named hussien but now the MEDIA &A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUMB FOLKS WANT TO ELECT A MAN NAMED HUSSIEN TO THE MOST POWERFUL POSITION IN THE WORLD

By Larry

June 3, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

Obama better think twice before taking on Hillary as VP. The most dangerous place in America is between Hillary Clinton and the Oval office!

By roge

June 3, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

Can you imagine Obama driving, Hillary in the passenger seat, and Bill being the back seat driver? Pleae give us a break. It ain’t going to happen!!!