Richard Mellon Scaife: My impression of Hillary Clinton is very favorable indeed/may endorse her

[Tropics_Dude83]

I'll let this speak for itself:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_559659.html

Updated the thread title to be more accurate.

[saltpoint]

1. If this comes to pass, no Democratic voter should speak in defense of Mrs.

Clinton.

If he endorses her and she accepts the endorsement, she should be shunned.

He is a disgraceful man.

[Maat]

15. Well-said, O.C.

:puke:

[saltpoint]

16. Hi, Maat. Good to see ya.

[Maat]

17. Good to see you, too!

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

20. AMEN!

[saltpoint]

22. Hi, Swamp Rat, and good mornin'! In the Munch image there -- I think the

dark figure in pursuit of Mrs. Clinton on the bridge is likely a bill collector!

[Swamp Rat]

25. The loans will soon be called in.

:D

[saltpoint]

26. Yes. It's unsettling, to say the least. If she cozies up -- publicly! -- to

Murdock and Scaife and that bunch -- who else has she been cozying up to PRIVATELY?

Probably I don't want to know.

[Swamp Rat]

30. Did you watch the video of Hillary speaking before Scaife&Co.?

Did you see his expression? He had "I really hate you, you b....!" written all over his australopithecine forehead. What the hell does she expect to achieve by humoring those scoundrels?!?

If she is not careful, Hillary just might destroy her political career (as a respected Democrat).

[saltpoint]

33. I cut her some slack early in the campaign, even as I was far more

enthusiastic about her 7 Democratic opponents in the primary.

Since Feb. 5th, it's clear she has taken a turn toward the worse. The conduct of the campaign has been mean-spirited and low-down, and racist.

[VolcanoJen]

34. Swamp, I love your work.

Thank you!!!!!

[Catherina]

2. Murdoch fundraising. Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh- what a trend

I'm just waiting for Bush to endorse her.

[Tropics_Dude83]

6. Bush already has n/t

[Demeter]

3. Major Sucking Up---On Both Sides

Sounds like "Let's make a Deal!" time.

[bilgewaterbill]

7. I don't know who to think worse of.

[anonymous171]

4. I thought Hillary fought the reich wing? If you can't beat 'em...

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Scaife just wants to get his hands on the secret to making horocruxes from HRC.

[izzybeans]

19. I found a picture of Scaife, he's already got one.

[Firespirit]

51. but it requires a soul first

so Scaife will have to find another source.

[Freedomofspeech]

8. Yuck, he is such a scumbag.

[Freedom Train]

29. It's funny, since he was so vehemently opposed to Bill back in the day

Also funny that we have the same avatar and similar nick! ;)

Yours is more obvious, I got mine from a Merle Haggard song that happened to play when I was signing up, since I had no clue as what to nick I should use. It sounded good enough!

[blogslut]

9. It speaks volumes

loud and clear

[Tropics_Dude83]

10. A quote from RMS

But it does mean that I have a very different impression of Hillary Clinton today than before last Tuesday's meeting -- and it's a very favorable one indeed.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. A favorable one?

[DJ13]

11. It will be official if he does endorse Hillary that she is the neocon candidate

The corporatists are getting desperate, and so is their only remaining candidate.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Aha! Now I understand why she endorsed McCain

[readmoreoften]

55. She endorsed McCain? Are you high? I mean can you take your hyperbole up a notch?

Is it possible?

How can someone running a campaign 'endorse' their ultimate opponent. Oh right, when they're pure transcendental evil.

[helderheid]

14. just WOW.

:wow:

[stillcool]

18. Can the Clinton's

move the Democratic Party any more to the right?

[LiberalAndProud]

21. "democrat readers"

An endorsement from this rag for either of our candidates would not work in their favor. Although I doubt that he has any "democrat readers"

: skincrawl :

[Barack_America]

23. She saved him millions by swiftboating HERSELF!

No wonder he's so appreciative.

Plus, she keeps giving the GOP candidate FREE advertising!

Finally, your average GOP voter DESPISES her = FREE GOTV for Republicans!

She's knows how to get to a Republican's heart...through his wallet!

[tularetom]

24. Has she lost the last vestige of whatever dignity she had?

This guy published articles accusing her of having Vince Foster murdered, funded a decade long witch hunt against her and her husband that culminated in his impeachment, and here she is playing footsie with him in exchange for a meaningless endorsement in a primary that will settle nothing.

Her ambition has gobbled up her pride and she's become a hollow shell of a human being.

No wonder she is so empathetic to McCain. He too has no qualms about sucking up to those who trash him and his family.

[roguevalley]

28. she has sold her soul. you don't see things clearly when you do that

what will be fun will be watching her staff bail if this happens. none of them will stick, at least none of them that aren't as rednecked as she is. If she can do this, she is endorsing and seeking the support of people who called her kid a dog. Honest to god, this is indefensible, but there will be deadenders that will. count on it. They are as soulless as she is if they can countenance this.

[PA Democrat]

59. I was going to post the same picture.

The Trib is my hometown newspaper, and I would encourage anyone who doesn't understand why Hillary cozying up to Scaife is so disgusting, to READ that paper for a few days. Check out the editorials and letters to the editor while you are at it, and note how few views left of the EXTREME right make it into print. The paper is so vile, I wouldn't use it for toilet paper if no other alternative existed.

One of their top editorialist's Colin McNickle is the guy that Teresa Heinz Kerry told to "Shove it." McNickle brags, "As with fools, I don't suffer liberals gladly. I'm a proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy. If not a founding member, I'm at least a charter member and darn proud of it."

And then he talks about a framed copy of a newspaper which hangs over his desk, "It features that very large headline, ``Roosevelt Dead,'' from which I garner immeasurable inspiration every single day."

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_8526.html

The Trib's political cartoons are regularly right wing and often tasteless. They have scrubbed one which I recall featured both Hillary and Bill Clinton when he had just gone through his open heart surgery that was extremely vile but this one, which a little less tasteless is still available:



I could never DREAM of sitting down to an interview with the head of a "news" organization which has spent hundreds of millions to destroy Democrats and their causes. Scaife has had no change of heart regarding Hillary unless he has completely lost his mind.

[roguevalley]

27. sweet Jesus. I hope he does. Defend that, Hillary people. I am sure

her will be happy to extend his rotten empire toward helping kneecap Obama. This is like sleeping with Satan and no Dem can be trusted if this shitball endorses her. I truly hope the SD's put her out of our misery.

[Rageneau]

31. What's the Dif? Hillary has Scaife. Obama has Limbaugh, Colter, Bennet and Matthews.

If the Obama campaign wants to abandon all its right-wing support, it is going to lose more followers than Hillary's is. 80% of the right-wing media are doing their best to nominate Obama over Hillary.

They LOVE him.

For the moment.

[Emit]

38. That is not true. Limbaugh and Coulter are for Hillary

Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary if McCain is the nominee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuTqgqhxVMc


Under a plan he calls “Operation Chaos,” Mr. Limbaugh urges his listeners to vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton...
http://www.csmonitor.com/patchworknation/csmstaff/2008/0327/rushing-to-register-limbaugh%E2%80%99s-efforts-not-yet-showing-signs-of-big-effects-in-pennsylvania/

[readmoreoften]

57. And PNAC architect Robert Kagan is for Obama. And George Will.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042702027.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121301901.html

Wake up. These aren't 'support' these are sabotage. It's like Ted Kennedy endorsing Sam Brownback. Don't fall for this crap.

[otohara]

32. Guess This Means She Didn't Kill Vince Foster

glad he's clearing that up finally!

[Cheap_Trick]

39. just until she gets the nomination

then they'll Pearl Harbor her ass. And she'll deserve it.

[Changenow]

35. This with the all important Murdoch and Limbaugh

endorsements should give her the Democratic nomination!

[PoliticalAmazon]

36. More proof that HRC will do ANYTHING to get elected n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

37. A Fascist Corporatist endorses Hillary while slamming Gore

What a surprise!

[Faygo Kid]

40. Pretty quiet around here. Any Hillary supporters care to weigh in? Hello?

Didn't think so.

[uponit7771]

41. I never paid much attention to this guy as a voter in the 90s but if he's that much of a scumbag

...what benefit does she think she'll get?!

What are her justifications for this?

[TahitiNut]

44. Indeed. The "usual suspects" seem oddly quiet.

Maybe they forgot how to spell "Rezko"?? :rofl:

[anonymous171]

42. When Casey endorsed Obama all hill supporters talked about was how conservative Casey was.

What will they do if an ACTUAL repug endorses Hillary?

[Alexander]

43. Obama should demand she "reject and denounce" his endorsement...

Fair's fair.

[Elidor]

45. Oh, I hope he endorses her

Then everyone will rally around the goddess of peace!!!!111!

:sarcasm:

[Larkspur]

46. Endorsing a sinking ship

Scaife deserves to go down the Davy Jones' locker.

[grantcart]

47. why do Hillary supporters keep starting threads that make her look bad

I don't get it.

[Faygo Kid]

49. I think they are so enamored of their candidate, that they just don't question anything she does.

The ones still here are pretty hard core. They can make the same accusation against Obama supporters, but I don't think we would welcome a "love letter" from Scaife. At least I hope not. It was kind of a "stimulus-response" thing: Someone says something positive about Hillary (Scaife)and they immediately embrace it and him; someone steps outside the Hillary perimeter (Richardson) and that person not only can't endorse Obama for respectable reasons, he or she is Judas.

It's all-or-nothing thinking, and it hurts them. Like the Scaife thing all day today.

[Vinca]

48. If she's the nominee maybe Rove will work on her campaign. nt

[theredpen]

50. A picture is worth a thousand snarky comments

[peacetalksforall]

52. If she had not entered this race she and Pres Clinton could have

been sitting on top of the world in prestige and admiration. She and he could have still been on top had they done things differently. The DLC, Pres Clinton, and our former First Lady have really screwed this campaign up and all their reputations - in my mind, at least. But, I was already a foe of the DLC starting in 2000 with what they did to Gore.

[powergirl]

53. Any Clinton supporters embracing this?

Are they proud of this? I'll wait right here for the legions of Clinton supporters to high five this one.




:popcorn:

[npincus]

54. lie down with dogs and you'll catch...

[readmoreoften]

56. So Robert Kagan has an impressionable opinion of Obama. These are tactical RW endorsements.

Let's be serious.

[readmoreoften]

58. What are y'all gonna do if Obama takes Scaife's offer and meets with him?

"Does all this mean I'm ready to come out and recommend that our Democrat readers choose Sen. Clinton in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary?
No -- not yet, anyway. In fairness, we at the Trib want to hear Sen. Barack Obama's answers to some of the same questions and to others before we make that decision."

... oh right, you'll say he's a bipartisan uniter.

We've got centrist candidates. And that's why they appeal to both sides. If you didn't want to be cozying up to Republicans you should've backed candidates who don't cozy up to Republicans.