Tag Archives: 'hillary clinton'

• An Oldie

  Jake Tapper blogged back in December 2006 (do you still remember such a time?) that “many leading Democrats have serious concerns that [Hillary] Clinton is unelectable, opposed as she is out of the gate by 4 in 10 Americans, according to polls.” I would have had to consider myself one of those with concerns, although [...]

• Buy American

  We should all do what we can to end the violent drug wars in Mexico. The first step is to curb “our insatiable demand for illegal drugs [that] fuels the drug trade,” as professed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and buy American… Image: Printfection

• Uninsured

  There will always remain a portion of the U.S. population that is uninsured. There is no way around it. Any purported efforts to completely cover the uninsured are disingenuous because it is impossible to do so. When Hillary Clinton argued that her health care plan was better than Barack Obama’s during the 2008 primary because [...]

• Prefident Bush: Farewell

  An historic inauguration sends George W. Bush back to Texas, only for the nation to wonder what we had just endured, and what is to come… I will note that I did not draw the Obama character. That was a stock character that was available that I used in the interest of time. The other [...]

• Sourced

  As far as I know, I am not the source for the Post’s story that includes that “some see the potential for chaos within the administration” as a result of the all-star cast that Obama is assembling (Daschle, Clinton, Emanuel, etc.). I could be, but again — as far as I know — I am [...]

• Debunking the Obama Election

  This post is not going to make readers happy (well, most of them anyway), and it is not supposed to. It is time for some real honest truths in response to the truly historic election that we have witnessed. Well, most of us. I was flat-out drunk-and-stupid that evening. Obama won — in record fashion, [...]

• Buffalo Takes A Seat

  The best possible scenario resulting from the appointment (and confirmation) of Hillary Rodham Clinton as President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, aside from the calm steady hand at the wheel of foreign policy, is the possibility for the ascension of a Buffalo politician to fill Clinton’s Senate seat. The idea conjures up faded memories of [...]

• State

  I would personally like to see Chuck Hagel or John Kerry in the role. After that, I wouldn’t mind Hillary Clinton. It certainly makes sense politically for Obama, although the fear of a Secretary of State going “rogue” would persist. And last, at the very bottom of the list, only if everyone else in the [...]

• Schwarzenegger: Palin Will Be ‘Ready’ Come January

  This Arnold Schwarzenegger quote on Palin’s ‘readiness’ to be president is the same argument that Hillary Clinton used to say that Barack Obama was now ready to lead (after he secured the nomination, despite Clinton’s persistent campaigning for months on-end arguing the exact opposite): “By the time that [Sarah Palin] is sworn in I think [...]

• Final Debate

  I have to score this one for Barack Obama: John McCain threw a lot of jabs, but only landed a couple; not enough to change the momentum of this race. What surprised me most by McCain’s performance was his play to the base on the abortion issue. This certainly wasn’t a move to sway independent, [...]

• And A Tie Makes Two

  I scored last night’s debate a tie, but it seems the pundits and the majority of voters (including the fickle undecideds) scored it as a win for Obama. Some analysts say that because McCain did not clearly win, he lost. I call that a tie. But I will take a win any day. One thing [...]

• Stewart Exposes Double Standard

  Jon Stewart does the heavy lifting so I don’t have to… exposing the duplicitous comments made by the right when Hillary Clinton received tough questions from the press and now that Sarah Palin has received similar treatment.

• Well Played

  Well played, John; well played. I really didn’t think you had it in you. The nomination of Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential running mate took me by surprise; in fact, it floored me. And I realize and will appropriately acknowledge — in honest blog fashion — that I was absolutely wrong. But what does this [...]

• Breaking Ball

  My favorite time to call a breaking pitch was on three-and-one counts. And that is exactly what McCain has done with choosing the unknown Sarah Palin as his running mate. This changes the dynamics of the race completely. Not only is Palin a woman — centrist Clinton supporters are the main grab there — but [...]

• Pawlenty

  I’m pretty sure John McCain will be announcing Tm Pawlenty, the governor of Minnesota, as his running mate. How sure? Well, it really doesn’t matter because it’s only my opinion, not front-page news. But this is why… Houses. McCain has thirty-six of them or something, at last count. Mitt Romney has a handful. Romney is [...]

• Obama VP Revealed?

  Newsweek rules out Clinton (duh), as well as Bayh and Kaine, as Obama’s vice-president, citing the DNC speaker lineup… “Obama will definitely choose a national-security expert–like Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden; Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska; Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island or Sam Nunn, former Georgia senator and one-time Armed Services Committee [...]

• The Boomer-Clinton Love Affair

  I wanted to post this awhile back, in the midst of the Obama-Clinton slug-fest; alas, I ran out of time. Holding down four-and-a-half jobs, all the while volunteering at my local societies, and still not being able to fill-up my gas tank, unfortunately leaves me with not enough time to post all of the entries [...]

• Returning the Favor

  In an effort to act unified, Barack Obama donated $2300 — the legal maximum — to help cover Hillary Clinton’s campaign debt, which reportedly stands at $20 million ($12 million of which is the New York senator’s personal contribution). The Clinton’s returned the favor, however, “donating $4600 to his campaign today.” Something about this makes [...]

• An Open Letter To Clinton Women

  Just how many of you women Clinton supporters actually intend on voting for McCain? So women’s reproductive rights was not an issue? The Iraq war? Health care? These three major campaign themes in which Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton ultimately coincide (within a slim margin of error), and which Clinton and John McCain differ substantially [...]

• Hillary Voters

  I’ll agree with Tom Brokaw that the press coverage of Hillary Clinton’s lengthy exit was a disgrace, however, now that the disaster of a campaign, which at times was laudable, laughable, or inexplicable, has led to an ample supply of “Hillary voters” jokes. This weekend, on the way back from Yosemite, with my parents in [...]

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