Democrats are turning on the Clintons

[JaJae]

Hillary Clinton strikes back and calls Obama out on a LIE! She said he "embellished" when he said he was a professor at University of Chicago.

There's only one problem with Hillary's accusation...
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - University of Chicago: Obama was a ‘professor’ « - Blogs from CNN.com

The University of Chicago said Friday Barack Obama accurately described himself as a onetime law professor at the school, despite the fact his formal title was "Senior Lecturer."

The university's statement comes after the Clinton campaign recently suggested on several occasions that the Illinois senator was embellishing his role at the school by calling himself a professor.

[RMNIXON]

On behalf of John McCain and Republicans we would like to thank Senator Clinton for testing what will work and what will not!

[kombayn]

Man, can someone find a picture of Hillary dressed up as Rambo? She's trying to murder this party and will her way into the nomination, crazy bitch.

[JaJae]

Hillary Clinton is failing to pay her campaign bills.

Cash-strapped Clinton fails to pay bills - Kenneth P. Vogel - Politico.com

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small-business circles.

A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.

This is just wrong. If someone is hire someone to assist you in your campaign in some way you'd think you'd pay them their agreed upon fees. This is just tactless.

[RMNIXON]

Originally Posted by kombayn

Man, can someone find a picture of Hillary dressed up as Rambo? She's trying to murder this party and will her way into the nomination, crazy bitch.

Will this do for now?

[JaJae]

Hillary Clinton hasn't paid her health insurance policy bills for her campaign employees! Interesting move considering her platform.
Clinton didn't pay health insurance bills - Kenneth P. Vogel - Politico.com

Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out.

Clinton, who is being pressured to end her campaign against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, has made her plan for universal health care a centerpiece of her agenda.

In response to this the Clinton campaign did what they normally do, they embellished. A Clinton spokesman said sometimes they don't pay bills up front to verify costs or because the bills come in at the end of the month and don't get reported as being paid. But records show they carried past due bills over for months.

I manage a business where we have health insurance for our employees. It's pretty cut and dry. You agree to a policy and then you pay your share of the costs based on the number of people enrolled. There really is no complications in billing that would result in past due invoices each month. And if there are problems, you would normally pay the bill and then argue with them to prevent loss of coverage for your employees. They're skating a fine line here.

[JaJae]

Super delegates are starting to come out and support Obama in hopes of ending the primary early

New Backing for Obama
As Party Seeks Unity
By JACKIE CALMES
March 31, 2008; Page A1

WASHINGTON -- Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama's side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, North Carolina's seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group -- just one has so far -- before that state's May 6 primary, several Democrats say.

Helping to drive the endorsements is a fear that the Obama-Clinton contest has grown toxic and threatens the Democratic Party's chances against Republican John McCain in the fall.

New Backing for Obama As Party Seeks Unity - WSJ.com

[JaJae]

Obama is beating Hillary among Democrats by 10%. That's only going to hurt her if she takes this to convention.

PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama has extended his lead over Hillary Clinton among Democrats nationally to 52% to 42%, the third consecutive Gallup Poll Daily tracking report in which he has held a statistically significant lead, and Obama's largest lead of the year so far.

Gallup Daily: Obama Now at 52% to Clinton’s 42%

[JaJae]

The little girl who read Hillary the poem in Tuzla, Bosnia is not happy.

FROM BAD TO VERSE FOR HILL
AIRPORT'S GIRL POET STUNNED BY SNIPER TALE AS INSULTED FELLOW BOSNIANS RIP 'LOW BLOW' LIE

The Bosnian girl who famously read a poem to Hillary Rodham Clinton during her 1996 visit to the war-torn country is shocked - and her countrymen infuriated - that the former first lady claimed to have dodged sniper fire that day.

Emina Bicakcic, now 20 and studying to become a doctor, told The Post she stood on the tarmac at the air base in Tuzla, greeted Clinton and even had time to share the lines of verse she’d written - all without fear of attack from an unseen enemy.

“I was surprised when I heard this,” Bicakcic said, referring to Clinton’s assertion that she braved snipers upon landing, ducking and sprinting to military vehicles.

Other Bosnians said they had one of two reactions to Clinton’s debunked action-hero account of her visit: laughter or anger.

"It's an exaggeration," said former acting President Ejup Ganic, who was present during Clinton's visit. "No one was firing. There were no shots fired."

Sema Markovic, 22, a student, said she has long respected Hillary as a strong leader but was angered by her remarks.

"It is an ugly thing for a politician to tell lies,' she said. "We had problems for years, and I don't like when someone lies about them. It makes us look bad."

FROM BAD TO VERSE FOR HILL - New York Post

[JaJae]

Hillary's experience in Ireland has been called "a wee bit silly" by Nobel Peace Prize winners who actually worked on the talks. The perspectives from people actually involved in the talks have said

I don’t know there was much she did apart from accompanying Bill [Clinton] going around

she played no part in the gruelling political talks over the years

Mrs Clinton admired a stainless steel tea pot, which was duly given to her, for keeping the brew "so nice and hot".

Democrats are turning on the Clintons

But a new story has released this week.

It comes in the form of a letter from Jill B. Deal

washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines
Experience or Just Proximity?

Friday, March 28, 2008; A18

Regarding Michael Dobbs's March 26 Fact Checker article, "Clinton Appears Weary of Taking 'Sniper Fire' ":

I was the wife of the minister (deputy to the ambassador) of the U.S. Embassy in London at the time the Northern Ireland negotiations and the Bosnia crisis were taking place. I also had a "proper" job as a lawyer at an American firm.

Did I, with my husband, attend and actively participate in meetings on Northern Ireland, which included Gerry Adams, Ian Paisley and other dignitaries involved in the peace efforts? Of course.

Did I, per my husband's suggestions, at dinners pass on messages to British government ministers regarding the desirability of their "getting on board" initiative X or Y? Of course. Would I consider this to be foreign policy experience? And would I put it on my curriculum vitae as such? Of course not.

I have found the notion that one absorbs foreign policy experience just by being a spouse increasingly offensive as the presidential campaign has progressed. It demeans Hillary Rodham Clinton, who by all reports, has gained experience altogether separate from her husband since she became a senator, some of which no doubt can legitimately be categorized as foreign policy. It also demeans women like me who have built their experience and their r¿sum¿s on what they have done on their own. I am glad that Mr. Dobbs's article and this week's developments have finally exposed this shallow shell game.

JILL B. DEAL

Washington

Jill B. Deal was the wife of the minister of the US Embassy in London during the Ireland negotiations. She was present and claims she had a similar role as Hillary during these peace talks, which essentially was to follow their husbands around and make nice nice. She goes on to say that this is not foreign policy experience and she finds Hillary's assertions offensive.

[7960]

Originally Posted by JaJae

The little girl who read Hillary the poem in Tuzla, Bosnia is not happy.

FROM BAD TO VERSE FOR HILL - New York Post

holy hell

If we see this girl's face on the evening news it's a sign that hillary's campaign is beyond the point of no return (yes I know it already is beyond that point, but it's just another sign).

[RMNIXON]

More Dirt:

Clinton aide was on board of sub-prime lender

News reports detailing the years that Clinton campaign chief Maggie Williams spent as a director on the board of a sub-prime mortgage lender underscore "that sub-prime lenders had friends and defenders in both parties," The Los Angeles Times' Peter Viles writes at his L.A. Land blog. He adds that:
"There is a bit of revisionist history running around right now that claims Democrats tried to rein in sub-prime lenders. Yes, a few state attorneys general did try. But the Democratic Party in Washington was deep into this mess, cheering just as loudly as Republicans were for the 'rise in homeownership levels.' "

Newsday reported yesterday that Williams "earned about $200,000 on the board of a Long Island subprime lender (Delta Financial) that charged prepayment penalties -- a practice that Clinton, a critic of the subprime industry, now seeks to eliminate."

The newspaper said that "in a statement released through Clinton's campaign, Delta senior vice president Marc Miller said Williams 'did not have a role in the day-to-day operations and management.' " Williams, Newsday says, "turned down repeated requests to be interviewed."

Clinton aide was on board of sub-prime lender - On Politics - USATODAY.com

[JaJae]

Hillary compares herself to Rocky.
Clinton Likens Herself to 'Rocky'

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has something in common with legendary film boxer Rocky Balboa—she's not a quitter.

Recalling a famous scene on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the 1976 Oscar-winning film "Rocky," Clinton said that ending her presidential campaign now would be as if "Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those art museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that's about far enough.'"

In return the obligatory Rocky endorses McCain clip:

YouTube Video

DUN DUUUUAHHHNANNANNNN!!!

[Phantom]

Originally Posted by JaJae

In return the obligatory Rocky endorses McCain clip:

She just can't catch a break these days. I am almost ready to feel sorry for her.

[JaJae]

2 Weeks ago Public Policy Polling showed Hillary up by 26 points in PA.
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A few days ago Survey USA showed Hillary up by 12 points in PA.
Exclusive Poll: Clinton's Lead Shrinks In Pa. - Local News Story - WCAU | Philadelphia

Today, Rasmussen shows Hillary up by 5 points in PA.
Rasmussen Reports™: The most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a presidential election.

Three weeks to go till the PA election... I wonder if Hillary can hold on till April 22nd. If Hillary doesn't win PA by at least 40 points any minute chance of winning the election is gone. Not that a 40 point win was ever attainable.
At what point should a candidate drop out?


Here's the Slate Delegate counter for reference:
Slate's Delegate Calculator: Hope fades for Clinton. - By Chadwick Matlin and Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine

Keep in mind Obama will likely win North Carolina and some states. So to be fair to Hillary I've been playing with the numbers 50/50 in NC and trying to figure out what possible way Hillary can win.

[7960]

Originally Posted by JaJae

Hillary compares herself to Rocky.
Clinton Likens Herself to 'Rocky'


In return the obligatory Rocky endorses McCain clip:
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DUN DUUUUAHHHNANNANNNN!!!

On a completely different note, when he made that awful noise and threw his hands in the air....that's as high as his hands go. He was beaten so badly when he was a POW that he can't raise his arms above his head.

I forget when it happened (2000/2004) but he was on a stage when they were going to announce about him winning something. The guy next to him took his hand like at the end of a boxing match, and one of his helpers off stage recognized what was about to happen.......when they announced McCain won he was going to throw their hands in the air. The guy off stage nearly dove on the guy on stage to keep him from doing it.

I don't know why that story stuck in my head.

[JaJae]

Hillary's lies go way back.

As Hillary Clinton came under increasing scrutiny for her story about facing sniper fire in Bosnia, one question that arose was whether she has engaged in a pattern of lying.

The now-retired general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Hillary when she worked on the Watergate investigation, says Hillary’s history of lies and unethical behavior goes back farther – and goes much deeper – than anyone realizes.

Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman’s 17-year career.

Why?

“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in an interview last week. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.”

“I have just seen Hillary Clinton and her former Yale law professor both in tears at a campaign rally here in my home state of Connecticut. Her tearful professor said how proud he was that his former student was likely to become our next President. Hillary responded in tears.

My own reaction was of regret that, when I terminated her employment on the Nixon impeachment staff, I had not reported her unethical practices to the appropriate bar associations.”

Hillary’s Crocodile Tears in Connecticut

[RMNIXON]

Originally Posted by Phantom

She just can't catch a break these days. I am almost ready to feel sorry for her.

A real nice set up for McCain!

[7960]

Originally Posted by JaJae

Hillary's lies go way back.





Hillary’s Crocodile Tears in Connecticut

the whole story





HILLARY'S WATERGATE SCANDAL

By Jerry Zeifman
IN December 1974, as general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, I made a personal evaluation of Hillary Rodham (now Mrs. Clinton), a member of the staff we had gathered for our impeachment inquiry on President Richard Nixon. I decided that I could not recommend her for any future position of public or private trust.

Why? Hillary's main duty on our staff has been described by as "establishing the legal procedures to be followed in the course of the inquiry and impeachment." A number of the procedures she recommended were ethically flawed. And I also concluded that she had violated House and committee rules by disclosing confidential information to unauthorized persons.

Hillary had conferred personally with me regarding procedural rules. I advised her that Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino, House Speaker Carl Albert, Majority Leader Tip O'Neill and I had previously agreed not to advocate anything contrary to the rules already adopted and published for that Congress. I quoted Mr. O'Neill's statement that: "To try to change the rules now would be politically divisive. It would be like trying to change the traditional rules of baseball before a World Series."

Hillary assured me that she had not drafted and would not advocate any such rules changes. I soon learned that she had lied: She had already drafted changes, and continued to advocate them.

In one written legal memorandum, she advocated denying President Nixon representation by counsel. This, though in our then-most-recent prior impeachment proceeding, the committee had afforded the right to counsel to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.

I also informed Hillary that the Douglas impeachment files were available for public inspection in our offices. I later learned that the Douglas files were then removed from our general files without my permission, transferred to the offices of the impeachment inquiry staff, and were no longer accessible to the public.

The young Ms. Rodham had other bad advice about procedures, arguing that the Judiciary Committee should neither 1) hold any hearings with or take the depositions of any live witnesses, nor 2) conduct any original investigation of atergate, bribery, tax evasion, or any other possible impeachable offense of President Nixon - but to rely instead on prior investigations conducted by other committees and agencies.

The committee rejected Ms. Rodham's recommendations: It agreed to allow President Nixon to be represented by counsel and to hold hearings with live witnesses. Hillary then advocated that the official rules of the House be amended to deny members of the committee the right to question witnesses. This unfair recommendation was rejected by the full House. (The committee also vetoed her suggestion that it leave the drafting of the articles of impeachment to her and her fellow special staffers.)

The recommendations advocated by Hillary were apparently initiated or approved by Yale Law School professor Burke Marshall - in violation of committee and House rules on confidentiality. They were also advocated by her immediate supervisors, Special Counsel John Doar and Senior Associate Special Counsel Bernard Nussbaum, both of whom had worked under Marshall in the Kennedy Justice Department.

It was not until two months after Nixon's resignation that I first learned of still another questionable role of Ms. Rodham. On Sept. 26, 1974, Rep. Charles Wiggins, a Republican member of the committee, wrote to ask Chairman Rodino to look into a troubling set of events. That spring, Wiggins and other committee members had asked "that research should be undertaken so as to furnish a standard against which to test the alleged abusive conduct of Richard Nixon." And, while "no such staff study was made available to the members at any time for their use," Wiggins had just learned that such a study had been conducted - at committee expense - by a team of professors who completed and filed their reports with the impeachment-inquiry staff well in advance of our public hearings.

The report was not made available to members of Congress. But after the impeachment-inquiry staff was disbanded, it was published commercially and sold in book stores. Wiggins wrote that he was "especially troubled by the possibility that information deemed essential by some of the members in their discharge of their responsibilities may have been intentionally suppressed by the staff during the course our investigation."

On Oct. 3, Rodino wrote back: "Hillary Rodham of the impeachment-inquiry staff coordinated the work. ... After the staff received the report it was reviewed by Ms. Rodham, briefly by Mr. Labovitz and Mr. Sack, and by Mr. Doar. The staff did not think the manuscript was useful in its present form."

On the charge of willful suppression, he wrote: "That was not the case ... The staff did not think the material was usable by the committee in its existing form and had not had time to modify it so it would have practical utility for the members of the committee. I was informed and agreed with the judgment."

During my 14-year tenure with the House Judiciary Committee, I had supervisory authority over several hundred staff members. With the exception of Ms. Rodham, Doar and Nussbaum, I recommend all of them for future positions of public and private trust.

Jerry Zeifman is the author of "Without Honor: The Impeachment of President Nixon and the Crimes of Camelot," which describes the above matters in more detail. (See www.iethical.org)

[JaJae]

Absolutely amazing. It's almost hard to imagine how neatly everything eventually folds together with the Clintons.