Democrats are turning on the Clintons

[Scrum]

Not sure if this has been posted yet...

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And then the better version.

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[Scrum]

Oh shit.

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[Stylerod]

Holy Hell Scrum! That is an amazing montage!

[JaJae]

Good selection.

[RMNIXON]

Originally Posted by Scrum

Oh shit.

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[RMNIXON]

March 01, 2008
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Texas caucus hardball



The Dallas Morning News gets hold of Clinton caucus "training materials," in which supporters are instructed to fight for procedural control of caucuses.

The materials say in part, "DO NOT allow the supporter of another candidate to serve in leadership roles."

It goes on to say, "If our supporters are outnumbered, ask the Temporary Chair if one of our supporters can serve as the Secretary, in the interest of fairness.

"The control of the sign-in sheets and the announcement of the delegates allotted to each candidate are the critical functions of the Chair and Secretary. This is why it is so important that Hillary supporters hold these positions."

Some of the moments on the ground in Nevada showed how crucial technical control can be, particularly when -- there, as expected in Texas -- nobody has any idea what the rules are. Really makes you love the caucus process.

Texas caucus hardball - Ben Smith's Blog - Politico.com

[JaJae]

Hillary is getting some slack for yet again refusing to return some campaign money..

"Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.

"This is by far, hands down, the worst case I've ever experienced," said Diane Smason, one of the EEOC lawyers handling the lawsuit. "Every woman there experienced sex harassment, they were part of a hostile work environment of sex harassment. And this occurred from the top down."

Sen. Clinton accepts donations from troubled firm - Deep Background - msnbc.com

[Stylerod]

Originally Posted by JaJae

Hillary is getting some slack for yet again refusing to return some campaign money..

Sen. Clinton accepts donations from troubled firm - Deep Background - msnbc.com

She can't. She has no money to give back.

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by Stylerod

She can't. She has no money to give back.

She just raised $30+ million this past month.

[Stylerod]

Originally Posted by JaJae

She just raised $30+ million this past month.

Really? Hell, she might be paying herself back then.

[David Octavius]

Hillary dipping into the Republican playbook....I guess its ok to deride for as many years as she has done, except of course when she needs it.

One thing I credit Obama with is that when he was far behind in the polls a few months back, he didn't use fear or personal attacks to become the front runner unlike what Hillary is doing now

[JaJae]

And Hillary wonders why she gets bad press...
Raw Video: Press Banished to Bathroom : ClipSyndicate Video

During a campaign stop in Texas, Hillary Clinton's campaign treated the press to a filing center in the men's bathroom. Journalists filed stories at tables set up next to urinals and bathroom stalls. (March 4)

Transcript:

Video in the link

[JaJae]

Did Hillary Clinton's ad purposely darken Obama's skin color?

This ad is being called into question on the internet.
HillaryClinton.com - Video

This image shows screen caps of the actual debate footage to the Clinton footage (on the right)


A DailyKos diarist broke this story. Immediately Clinton's campaign claimed the images on Kos was not from their ad. I went to the Hillary ad on their website to confirm and it clearly is from their ad.

But despite the strong similarities between the DailyKos image purported to be of the Clinton ad and the online version of the ad on Clinton’s Web site, Clinton spokesman Jay Carson insists the DailyKos image is not taken from their ad.

Carson said the campaign’s chief ad maker, Mandy Grunwald, emphatically insisted the DailyKos ad “was not their ad.”

“The screen grab on Kos is not a screen grab from our ad,” Carson said. “Our ad team pulled our actual ad and it is not the one up on Kos.”

Questions Raised Whether Hillary Ad Darkened Obama - America’s Election HQ

Now the Clinton campaign is saying they may have darkened the clip and had no ulterior motive. It was then assumed that it could have been that they darkened the clip to make Obama look mean or sinister as is commonly done in campaign ads as we saw with Time and the OJ Simpson mug shot.

In any event and whichever story you happen to believe, people aren't happy the Clinton camp purposely altered a clip of Obama to make him look darker than normal.

[RMNIXON]

Originally Posted by JaJae

This image shows screen caps of the actual debate footage to the Clinton footage (on the right)


A DailyKos diarist broke this story. Immediately Clinton's campaign claimed the images on Kos was not from their ad. I went to the Hillary ad on their website to confirm and it clearly is from their ad.

As much as I dislike Hillary I must at Daily Kos for this.

Should have saved this shit for Republicans!

[JaJae]

Clinton scrambles to freeze defectors - Mike Allen and Ben Smith - Politico.com

Clinton scrambles to freeze defectors

By: Mike Allen and Ben Smith
Mar 4, 2008 07:29 PM EST

A behind-the-scenes battle broke out late Tuesday over superdelegates who had secretly committed to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), with Clinton campaign officials scrambling to “freeze” them before they announced support for him.

The battle reflects the trench warfare that both campaigns expect if the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination stretches on to the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.

Democratic officials involved in the conversations said Obama was lining up a package of superdelegates – the party insiders whose votes help select the Democratic nominee – with plans to announce their support as a bloc.

Clinton super delegates are defecting to Obama despite her attempts to freeze their public support.

[RMNIXON]

Looks like the Texas Two Step was not such a nice dance after all:


Tempers Flare as Contests Heat Up


By Matthew Mosk and Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, March 5, 2008; A14


Tempers flared at several Texas voting precincts, and the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) traded accusations of rule-breaking yesterday during the hours leading up to evening caucuses where one-third of the state's delegates were to be awarded.

In Ohio, elections officials held some polls open for an additional 90 minutes because of winter weather and ballot shortages. The extended voting caused a delay of several hours before the state could ultimately be called for Clinton, largely because of late voting in the Cleveland area, an expected Obama stronghold.

In Texas, the two-step process of a primary vote during the day, followed by an evening caucus, had participants waiting under the stars as voting crowds swamped the event. Their turnout delayed the caucus events at numerous precincts across the state. In Laredo, a volunteer organizer brought a microphone and a portable speaker from home to try to calm the crowd. But he was drowned out by chants of "We want to vote!" and "We're getting cheated!"

Irregularities in Texas had the campaigns leveling a series of charges against each other: that operatives were trying to gain an upper hand by loading up caucus sheets with signatures before the evening events started, that biased precinct chairs were locking the caucus venues before rival supporters could enter, and that campaign supporters had stolen the packet of materials that granted them control of the caucus site.

Officials from the Texas Democratic Party issued memos urging the campaigns to play fair. But party officials grew increasingly frustrated with the feuding as the day wore on. "These are two professional campaigns with professional organizations, and we expect both to abide by the rules," said Hector Nieto, a party spokesman.

Tempers Flare as Contests Heat Up

[Scrum]

She's such an idiot.

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Way to endorse McCain you fucking retard.

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by Scrum

She's such an idiot.

Way to endorse McCain you fucking retard.

It's a good thing McCain didn't raise a lot of money to promote himself.. oh wait. She's making a HUGE mistake if she's going to make the election between her and McCain about experience. It may help her against Obama, but she'll toss away the general election. If I'm voting for someone based on experience, McCain would get my vote over any of the candidates. Hillary needs to realize her campaign is against her and Obama.

It's interesting, Hillary is doing everything she can to win the nomination, but she isn't looking at the big picture of the general election. Obama was looking at the big picture of the general election and was ignoring the primary. Obama kicked himself in the ass for it last night. Hillary, if by some un-Democratic means gets the nomination will kick herself in the ass for it in the general election.

Also, I've read from a lot of Democrats that they're tired of hearing her endorse McCain. In an election year it's a HUGE no-no to endorse the candidate of the opposing party. Hillary being divisive.. once again. She is proving to be incapable of filling a leadership role of the Democratic party, and hell even America. She doesn't play the part, she plays the selfish politician who is only out for themselves role and seems completely delusional over the consequences of such actions.

[JaJae]

Obama is picking up 50 superdelegates this week.
Clay Confirms Obama Has 50 New Superdelegates -- Political Wire

Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Sen. Barack Obama’s Missouri co-chairman and pledged Obama superdelegate, said Obama will gain the support of 50 undecided Democratic superdelegates later this week, according to the Columbia Missourian.

Said Clay: “She (Sen. Clinton) will not make up those numbers. This race is over."

[JaJae]

I don't think this was a smart move by the Clinton campaign. Obama called Clinton out on not releasing her tax returns like every other normal candidate. In return her campaign compared Obama to Ken Starr.... Doesn't look like that's gonna go over too well with the media.

Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson, taking the campaign a bit meta on a conference call today, attacked Obama for attacking Clinton, and compared him to a notorious Clinton foe.

"When Senator Obama was confronted with questions over whether he was ready to be Commander-in-Chief and steward of the economy, he chose not to address those questions, but to attack Senator Clinton," Wolfson said. "I for one do not believe that imitating Ken Starr is the way to win a Democratic primary election for president.

Clinton aide compares Obama to Ken Starr - Ben Smith's Blog - Politico.com

This is good for Obama. It shows he can get tough with Clinton and walk the line of going negative. It also shows Clinton's campaign can't take the punches without making the situation worse for themselves. Throughout this campaign when she has been called on issues, she usually responds overly abrasive. I wonder if Obama can monopolize on this.