Dial Hillary for murder
I confess : a few months ago, I mentioned the risk of an assassination of BHO as a sick tribute to RFK+MLK 1968 murders*.
But as a fearful supporter, not an overambitious competitor, almost wishing for this dreadful June Surprise.
All right. Obama is no more Mr Perfect than MLK, RFK, JFK or even Bill Clinton. The man can be tought and macho. But you don't kill people for that reason.
All right. HRC is not an evil person and doesn't wish the death of her competitor - but thinking about this kind of topics (let alone wording it) shows how desperate she is to win.
Plus the Kennedy family don't need to be remembered these days how brains used to be blown away in the family.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is definitely losing her bearings, and the DNC committee may take notice next week.
Do you really want this person one heartbeat away from the top job ?
* cf "
I had a nightmare" - 20080214
NB : this post was initially published in French today (see "Hillary en appelle au meurtre" on blogules VF)
addendum 20080524 :
OK - she said the same thing last March to Time Magazine, including the mention of Bill's June 1992 rally. But does it change anything to it ?
I think Clinton is her own worst ennemy. Instead of letting the Wright controversy sink Obama she decided to pick up McCain's idea of gas tax. Wrong pick. Likewise, she spoiled her own reforms during her husband's first term.
Clinton crossed the yellow line too many times and no one balanced her in her own team. Unlike Plouffe or Axelrod McAuliffe is a barker. Step by step, all the good people around her flew away.
To me it's a question of character and management : Obama sticked to his principles and kept his team focused on the campaign guidelines he set from the start. Good guys tend to follow him.
That's the difference between a pack leader and a great leader.
Posted by Stephane MOT at 05:37 0 comments
Labels: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Democrats, Edward M. Kennedy, Hillary R. Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, USA
After playing a populist tune for weeks, Hillary is focusing on the nasty side of party politics, pulling all the DNC strings she can. And the Clinton camp is putting all its weight in the May 31 meeting where the destiny of Michigan and Florida delegates will be sealed.
Actually, since she cannot change the maths, HRC's only way of winning now is to change the rules and thus to focus on those who make the rules.
The Senator of NY is rumored to hold a majority in the committee. Her Supreme Court may not produce such a fair and sound outcome.
Not a big change for Florida : the Sunshine State still remembers the Y2K bug with a nasty backstage rally courtesy the Bush friends and family.
PS : Hillary wants every FL and MI voter to count and I agree. But how about the voters who decided not to vote because they were told their vote wouldn't count, and / or because their favorite was not even on the ballot ? The figures of voters in FL and MI are impressive because those states are well populated, but compared to other primaries the proportional turnout was dramatically weak.
Posted by Stephane MOT at 11:51 0 comments
Labels: Democrats, elections, Florida, george w. bush, Hillary R. Clinton, justice, Michigan, USA
Values Question Marks
Douglas E. Schoen raised the "Obama and the Values Question Mark" issue in the Wall Street Journal.
I do believe the question marks to be much bigger as far as John McCain is concerned.
Obama didn't have to make compromises as damaging as those made by his GOP rival.
And McCain can lose his independent base as well as the theocon base he's desperately been courting for months : he will be under sniper fires from both sides.
... not to mention Obama who will ask a few questions. Such as :
- did you actually vote for Roe vs Wade before you voted against it ?
- did you actually not vote for Bush before you asked for the vote of his followers ?
- was your conference at the Discovery Institute a sign of change in the US educational system ? do you favor Intelligent Design ?
Question marks, anyone ?
PS (addendum 20080514) - ethics an issue, anyone ? - Amy Poehler a definitely spitting image of HRC :
Posted by Stephane MOT at 13:06 0 comments
Labels: Amy Poehler, Barack Obama, Discovery Institute, elections, george w. bush, intelligent design, John McCain, SNL, USA, values, video, Wall Street Journal
Obama-Pelosi vs Operation Chaos
Rush Limbaugh delivered Indiana to the Clinton camp just like he did for Texas*.
I told you Hillary would either win ugly or lose uglier, but mercifully this time may be the end of this sick race were Hillary outroved bad cop Karl and Barack outkerried good cop John.
I hope Superdelegates will flock in tomorrow and end this mess. I've been longing for the Obama-Pelosi ticket for too long.
And I hope Billary will have the decency to give up before May the 31st their claim for delegates from Florida and Michigan (their campaign team actually did vote for the 2025 mark before they voted against it and started mentioning a 2029 "magic number").
* see "Les conservateurs poussent Clinton" (20080317)
Posted by Stephane MOT at 08:39 0 comments
Labels: Barack Obama, elections, Florida, Hillary R. Clinton, Indiana, John Kerry, Karl Rove, Michigan, Nancy Pelosi, North Carolina, Rush Limbaugh, USA
Dial Hillary for murder
I confess : a few months ago, I mentioned the risk of an assassination of BHO as a sick tribute to RFK+MLK 1968 murders*.
But as a fearful supporter, not an overambitious competitor, almost wishing for this dreadful June Surprise.
All right. Obama is no more Mr Perfect than MLK, RFK, JFK or even Bill Clinton. The man can be tought and macho. But you don't kill people for that reason.
All right. HRC is not an evil person and doesn't wish the death of her competitor - but thinking about this kind of topics (let alone wording it) shows how desperate she is to win.
Plus the Kennedy family don't need to be remembered these days how brains used to be blown away in the family.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is definitely losing her bearings, and the DNC committee may take notice next week.
Do you really want this person one heartbeat away from the top job ?
* cf "
I had a nightmare" - 20080214
NB : this post was initially published in French today (see "Hillary en appelle au meurtre" on blogules VF)
addendum 20080524 :
OK - she said the same thing last March to Time Magazine, including the mention of Bill's June 1992 rally. But does it change anything to it ?
I think Clinton is her own worst ennemy. Instead of letting the Wright controversy sink Obama she decided to pick up McCain's idea of gas tax. Wrong pick. Likewise, she spoiled her own reforms during her husband's first term.
Clinton crossed the yellow line too many times and no one balanced her in her own team. Unlike Plouffe or Axelrod McAuliffe is a barker. Step by step, all the good people around her flew away.
To me it's a question of character and management : Obama sticked to his principles and kept his team focused on the campaign guidelines he set from the start. Good guys tend to follow him.
That's the difference between a pack leader and a great leader.
Posted by Stephane MOT at 05:37 0 comments
Labels: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Democrats, Edward M. Kennedy, Hillary R. Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, USA
After playing a populist tune for weeks, Hillary is focusing on the nasty side of party politics, pulling all the DNC strings she can. And the Clinton camp is putting all its weight in the May 31 meeting where the destiny of Michigan and Florida delegates will be sealed.
Actually, since she cannot change the maths, HRC's only way of winning now is to change the rules and thus to focus on those who make the rules.
The Senator of NY is rumored to hold a majority in the committee. Her Supreme Court may not produce such a fair and sound outcome.
Not a big change for Florida : the Sunshine State
 still remembers the Y2K bug with a nasty backstage rally courtesy the Bush friends and family.
PS : Hillary wants every FL and MI voter to count and I agree. But how about the voters who decided not to vote because they were told their vote wouldn't count, and / or because their favorite was not even on the ballot ? The figures of voters in FL and MI are impressive because those states are well populated, but compared to other primaries the proportional turnout was dramatically weak.
Posted by Stephane MOT at 11:51 0 comments
Labels: Democrats, elections, Florida, george w. bush, Hillary R. Clinton, justice, Michigan, USA
Values Question Marks
Douglas E. Schoen raised the "Obama and the Values Question Mark" issue in the Wall Street Journal.
I do believe the question marks to be much bigger as far as John McCain is concerned.
Obama didn't have to make compromises as damaging as those made by his GOP rival.
And McCain can lose his independent base as well as the theocon base he's desperately been courting for months : he will be under sniper fires from both sides.
... not to mention Obama who will ask a few questions. Such as :
- did you actually vote for Roe vs Wade before you voted against it ?
- did you actually not vote for Bush before you asked for the vote of his followers ?
- was your conference at the Discovery Institute a sign of change in the US educational system ? do you favor Intelligent Design ?
Question marks, anyone ?
PS (addendum 20080514) - ethics an issue, anyone ? - Amy Poehler a definitely spitting image of HRC :
Posted by Stephane MOT at 13:06 0 comments
Labels: Amy Poehler, Barack Obama, Discovery Institute, elections, george w. bush, intelligent design, John McCain, SNL, USA, values, video, Wall Street Journal
Obama-Pelosi vs Operation Chaos
Rush Limbaugh delivered Indiana to the Clinton camp just like he did for Texas*.
I told you Hillary would either win ugly or lose uglier, but mercifully this time may be the end of this sick race were Hillary outroved bad cop Karl and Barack outkerried good cop John.
I hope Superdelegates will flock in tomorrow and end this mess. I've been longing for the Obama-Pelosi ticket for too long.
And I hope Billary will have the decency to give up before May the 31st their claim for delegates from Florida and Michigan (their campaign team actually did vote for the 2025 mark before they voted against it and started mentioning a 2029 "magic number").
* see "Les conservateurs poussent Clinton" (20080317)
Posted by Stephane MOT at 08:39 0 comments
Labels: Barack Obama, elections, Florida, Hillary R. Clinton, Indiana, John Kerry, Karl Rove, Michigan, Nancy Pelosi, North Carolina, Rush Limbaugh, USA