Res Ipsa Loquitor--Obama

If anyone had any doubts all they have to do is listen to the back to back to back speeches of Hillary, Barack and John McCain tonight. There is no comparison.

Hillary and Maggie

Found a fascinating post by Susan Shelley from 2006 about Hillary's relationship with her new campaign manager at http://www.extremeink.com/awtk/2006/11/hillary-clinton-takes-care-of-maggie.html.

A reminder of what we can expect if the Clintons return to the White House.

Matthew Yglesias (October 10, 2007) - Sandy Berger (Foreign Policy)

It looks like Hillary's incompetence["experience"] in handling her campaign's money and campaign advisors is now being applied to former Clinton administration officials. As David Brooks pointed out in his February 5th piece on Hillary's campaign to destroy a fellow democrat =-Jim Cooper--for disagreeing with her on health care, this is a vicious and vindictive politician. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/opinion/05brooks.html. Kinda reminds me of Bush-Cheney. If we elect Hillary we can expect at least 4 more years of the same--partianship and politics as unsual. There is a better way.

Matthew Yglesias (October 10, 2007) - Sandy Berger (Foreign Policy): "I have no idea whether or not this exhausts Berger's informal role as part of Team Clinton, but what you hear if you talk to people in left-of-center national security circles in Washington is that one of Berger's informal responsibilities is basically to get in touch with former Clinton administration foreign policy hands and warn them in no uncertain terms that if they back Barack Obama, Clinton will win anyway and those who supported her rivals will pay the price. My sense is that everyone, probably including Berger himself, understands that he can't actually be given a job in a Clinton administration one way or another."

Hillary Clinton: I'm The Candidate Of "Dreams..." - Politics on The Huffington Post

Hillary Clinton: I'm The Candidate Of "Dreams..." - Politics on The Huffington Post: "Hillary Rodham Clinton told roaring partisans she's the candidate of 'dreams and practicality,'"

I agree Hillary is a nightmare and a disaster waiting to happen. Her "practicality" is known as triangleulation. We need to awake from the National nightmare known as the Bush and Clinton administrations, smell the roses, and reject politics as usual.

Peggy Noonan Gets It re Obama-Clinton

Today, February 8th Peggy Noonan has an excellent article in the WSJ.

Declarations - WSJ.com: "He is the brilliant young black man as American dream. No consultant, no matter how opportunistic and hungry, will think it easy--or professionally desirable--to take him down in a low manner. If anything, they've learned from the Clintons in South Carolina what that gets you. ''.......
With Mr. Obama the campaign will be about issues. 'He'll raise your taxes.' He will, and I suspect Americans may vote for him anyway. But the race won't go low.
Mrs. Clinton would be easier for Republicans. With her cavalcade of scandals, they'd be delighted to go at her. They'd get medals for it. Consultants would get rich on it.
The Democrats have it exactly wrong. Hillary is the easier candidate, Mr. Obama the tougher. Hillary brings negative; it's fair to hit her back with negative. Mr. Obama brings hope, and speaks of a better way. He's not Bambi, he's bulletproof."

Obama Beats McCain

This says it all:

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: "A new Time magazine poll compares potential general election match ups:


Obama 48%, McCain 41%
Clinton 46%, McCain 46%
According to the poll director, the difference is that 'independents tilt toward McCain when he is matched up against Clinton But they tilt toward Obama when he is matched up against the Illinois Senator.'"

Conservative Judges

We constantly hear from the Bush administration and today, from John McCain, that he would appoint judges who would enforce, not make, laws. Yet here we have the Attorney General of the United States taking an admittedly unprecedented position that the law is whatever the Office of Legal counsel in the Justice Department says it is. In other words, a flawed Justice Department opinion trumps not only treaties, but congressional enactments and even the constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. I thought that we fought a revolutionary war over the concept that the "King can do no wrong."

Muckraker Talking Points Memo Mukasey: The Law Is What The Justice Department Says It Is: "Mukasey wanted to say it more carefully. 'I think what I said was that we could not investigate or prosecute somebody for acting in reliance on a Justice Department opinion.'"






The sad thing is that I believe, based upon the view of the Clinton administration with respect to inherent Presidential powers that Hillary would also agree with this unamerican concept. At a minimum she should be asked the questions.

Hillaryland

Hillary is now giving one of the worst speeches I have ever heard. How can so many people vote for this example of all that is wrong and corrupt in our politics. Who wins tonight remains to be seen.

SFFANTASY ENDORSES OBAMA

Save us from Hillary. I remember how bad it was from 1992 to 2000 when I was screaming at the television every time a Clinton appeared. We cannot stand a return of Clinton drama after living through W's reign. The more I listen to Hillary, the more I am tempted to return to the Republican party. She typifies all that is wrong with politics and politicians. This former Republican will never vote for a Clinton. That leaves Obama and McCain. The latter has sold out to the right and is simply too old to be President. He is even older than your truly and I no longer have the energy to be president. McCain is better than Bush, but that it not saying much. He will appoint bad judges and I will only vote for him if Hillary is the democratic canidate. That leaves Barack Obama and despite my disagreement with certian of his liberal views I really like, and more importantly respect, Obama. He provides hope that politics will return to what it should be. Character matters. I even got out my checkbook and contributed to a democrat. Vote tomorrow for Obama and lets rid ourselves once and for all of the Clintons.

For the good of the United States--vote tomorrow for Obama.