I understand that this blog is not about Presidential politics, but I am a progressive and appalled at what Clinton has said today.
So, Clinton has crossed the Commander-in-Chief threshold and according to Clinton, so has John McCain. However, SHE believes Barack Obama hasn’t.
So, let’s be clear. Clinton today has said John McCain is more qualified to be president than Barack Obama. Do you believe that? If you are a Clinton supporter, will you vote for John McCain if Obama is our nominee because you agree with Clinton?
My good friends, this is crap! I would hope that Clinton supporters are embarrassed and are thinking two, three, four times on why they support a Democrat who would say such crap! No Democrat, and Joe Lieberman is not Democrat, says this.
How is asking for tax returns like Ken Starr? We are told by Clinton supporters Obama has not been vetted, but do you really believe this is not a question Republicans will raise? Who is kidding whom here?
I don’t believe tax returns should be an issue, but to deflect that question by accusing the questioner of being Ken Starr is crazy.
We have now learned that NAFTAgate is crap raised initially about statements by a Clinton supporter.
As a progressive Democrat, I have a progressive Democrat threshold. Today Clinton and her campaign failed that threshold.
I am only speaking what we all know is true. If our nominee is not the one who has received the most votes from the millions of Democrats who have voted in sanctioned DNC caucuses and primaries, we lose. Jay Nixon loses. The country loses.
To my good friends who support Clinton, have you no sense of what it means to be a Democrat? Clinton has crossed a threshold raising serious questions about her commitment to electing a Democrat as president.
I would hope you are outraged that “the Democrat” you support could stoop so low!
and I am not seriously outraged.
I am not embarrassed either.
Regarding the tax returns and Ken Starr statement, I clearly heard David Axelrod suggest a rehash of Whitewater during a debate w. Howard Wolfson and that is likely why Wolfson has brought up Ken Starr. Well we have done Whitewater to the tune of millions (and caught no Clinton fish) and don’t need to rehash any part of it. But bringing it up could also be considered a threshold of sorts.
The NAFTAgate has yet to be thoroughly investigated, but I believe at this point that the Clinton campaign has been excused from guilt. The Obama response is still in something of a muddle.
Obama is ahead in delegates, but not because he has won most of the popular vote, http://ostroyreport.blogspot.c… . The caucus system, which has benefitted Obama, is inherently undemocratic and excludes older adults, hourly workers and many others (all Clinton supporters) who are unable to devote hours to caucuses. I would question whether or not the democratic primary really represents the will of the people. In my opinion, Clinton remains a serious candidate and not one to be written off as a loser.
Just for the record, I consider myself a liberal independent voter w/o party loyalty obligations.