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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:49 AM Original message |
NYT: Mark Penn wanted Hillary to exploit Obama's "lack of American roots"; Bill wanted tough attacks |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. i will never understand why she didn't fire him |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. Fire? |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. She didn't listen to Mark Penn in the end. He wanted her to keep going on to the convention. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. But she did have to be told to get out by all of her major Senate and House backers. nt |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm glad Sen. Clinton did not go down that road. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. She did go down that road . . as far as I know. |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Yeah she did |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. Yup. The ol' "white Americans" remark capped it off. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. But she DID go down that road. She sliced and diced the Democratic |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. Mark Penn is a screw up. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. If Hillary wants to do the right thing.. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Is that how much he cost? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. Or she could just cut out his heart during the half time show at the superbowl.. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Mark Penn was out to win the GE for McCain by screwing up the primary for Dems. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
54. She Did Herself In |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. "She should add flag symbols to her logo,"? She's always had one. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. If anyone wants to pillory him |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. Penn is filth, and sorry, it doesn't reflect well on Hillary that she |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The Clintons have a long history of political down and dirty survival. Difficult to change. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Of course he did. Penn is a soulless corporate shill. I'm glad Hillary didn't listen to him. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. So is this the road that the Pubs will go down? |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I think they are unlikely to push that particular point, being that McSame |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Sure they will. McCain is the Greatest American Hero |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. And given the way it has already worked out for them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. I'm not as sanguine as you are. These attacks never make sense. |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. No, you are right to urge caution |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Yes, yes it is the path the republicans will go down. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. You are so, SOOO right. They WILL try to shred Obama's character. |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Yes |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. "The American President Americans Have Been Waiting For" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. Wasn't he the genius who didn't understand that delegates are awarded proportionally? |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. Mark Penn can go fuck off |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hillary Clinton did follow much of Penn's advice. I won't forget the dirty campaign she ran. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nor will I, if she ran a decent campaign she might have been considered for VP |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. "if she ran a decent campaign ".....she would have won.... |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. Hillary demonstrated that she's not the best leader if she let's people like that run the show. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. NYT is NeoCon rag. This is pro McCain propaganda that hurts Obama. |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I thought Clinton supporters in the bloggo-sphere are already complaining loudly |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. NYT a neo-con rag? |
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progetto (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. Penn took an almost inevitable candidate and lost. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. Bagdad Terry!!!!! |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. NYT: Hillary didn't use blatant xenophobia against Obama, but we'll write about so the Repuke can. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
60. maybe, but republicans didn't need the NYT to clue them in on this as a strategy |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. "Sense of entitlement".. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. There's a strong chance that if she had never hired Mark Penn she'd be president. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Sad thing is for her |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
32. it just shows that she has very bad judgment and therefore not presidential |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
67. CONSCIENCE: Mine is conflicted |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. At this point, I think we need to look forward, not back. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Depends what you're looking at. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
35. His nickname should be Pig Penn. nt |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Didn't he also think that the states |
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Duder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. Sexism was part of it... |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hillary surrounder herself with idiots like Penn. That's why she lost. |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Yes, idiots like Penn, Wolfson, and Bill Clinton. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
41. they played it as hard... |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. She did go the "I'm more American" route in April. |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. And there is still the unanswered matter about Obama's passport records |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. They were trying to find out if he met with Mohammed Ata in Prague. n/t |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
45. She should have fired him after Iowa. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
48. Uhhh..since when is Hawaii NOT a "real state"? Is this like the caucus states "not really counting"? |
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laurentius87 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
49. Shame on Penn |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. "The American President Americans Have Been Waiting For" |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. Disgusting and revolting...I'm glad lots of us saw through them |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
61. If Hillary had attacked Obama early instead of not taking him seriously, she's the nominee. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. That's no way to win..by attacking 'cause |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. At least Penn tried to give the Clintons' cover |
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