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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:35 AM
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Amidst all the stupidity, a little thought
The handshake story is stupid, but it has been interesting to watch its spread. I'm guessing that within the M$M, the thing is being driven by the usual airheads. But I'm guessing that leaning on those airheads, raining e-mails down on them, there are a bunch of Clinton supporters (no-one else has much to gain).

And it's spreading. There's no denying that.

I know I shouldn't, but I kinda admire the Clinton Camp. For their ability to take a small event on THE DAY THAT TEDDY KENNEDY ENDORSED OBAMA (objectively, should be a massive boost) and turn it into the focus. Turn Hillary into the positive figure, and Barack into the negative. To snatch an at least partial victory from the jaws of defeat, and to spin their way out of a tight spot.

This is how the Clintons do politics. It can be dirty. It can be low. It can be cheap.

But hell, I'd LOVE to see her going up against a Repub with these methods come November! If she does eventually win the nomination, I just hope we'll ALL enjoy it as Hill gives them Hell.

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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:38 AM
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1. Yes, that's what I'm looking for in a president, someone dirty, low and cheap.
:eyes: Isn't that what we've had to endure for 7 years? And you want a repeat?
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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:40 AM
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3. hey, if obama can win on "hope" and "change"
Then I'd be happy with that. But to be honest, I've got to the point where I suspect that to win against the Repubs, you need nerves of steel, fire in the belly and a big stonkin' stick to bash your opponents.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:44 AM
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10. You can have nerves of steel, fire in the belly, and a big stick
without resorting to disgusting tactics that turn off a major part of your base. For me, someone who stands up to the bullies with integrity has a lot more to offer, someone who can rise above the b.s., not roll around in it.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:39 AM
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2. never forget, that the Media is stealing this election in the primaries.. nothing is as it seems
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:40 AM
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4. I've never seen either Clinton go after the GOP with the kind of nastines they've shown toward Obama
If only.

Besides, they won't be able to racebait with the GOP candidate.
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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:41 AM
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6. racebaiting
Should say that I would NEVER endorse this. This is the one thing the Clintons have done which has really disgusted me.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:41 AM
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5. You should really check out Hillary's own take on this:
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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:42 AM
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7. lol
I had my suspicions... :D
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:43 AM
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8. I thought I was being tremendously clever with the tinyurl usage.
:silly:
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:43 AM
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9. The handshake story is stupid, which is why you've started multiple threads about it.
:eyes:
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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:45 AM
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11. i've been following msm coverage, yeah
It's stupid, but that doesn't mean it can't influence the race. Need I remind you of 2004?
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:48 AM
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12. This isn't the kind of stupid shit that actually influences anything. This the kind of stupid shit
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 11:51 AM by Occam Bandage
that the excitable think might influence things. The fact that you've only posted blogs (and a 15-second debunking clip on MSNBC) should tell you that.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:56 AM
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13. It's the narrative
I find it ... interesting ... that nearly all of the criticism of the Clintons is identical, even to the same phrases. There is some of that from the Clinton camp about Obama. But with a couple of decades behind it, the anti-Clinton rhetoric has turned into a real meme -- a self-replicating idea.

I have never seen it substantiated. Their behavior is pretty standard in American politics. Obama has rumbled tough in his day, too.

(I hold it against nobody. The American people are spectators at politics, and everybody claims to be independent, political narcissists dressing up fear of being wrong as hipness. I do think that is changing, but it will be a slow process.)

Of course, these days, nobody so much as listens when I say that, but you can try the experiment for yourself: pick out all the anti-Obama posts and you'll see a lot of that kind of automatic repetition, too. I think it's much more prominent among the Obama camp, but of course, I'm completely wrong. :)

Sadly, it is too difficult to do a site-wide statistical content analysis to determine who is really at fault -- and it's also futile.

But, yes, if some of Obama's supporters are right and Hillary and Bill are indeed a two-headed monster with super powers, if she gets the nomination, we are going to be witness to some sweet, sweet payback.

--p!
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