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IT'S AS EASY AS ABC--ANYBODY BUT CLINTON

wilmo — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:49:50 -0700

Hillary has done virtually nothing for the good of our country--both Clintons have always been "what's in it for me", especially when it comes to greatly enriching their personal fortune, no matter what the means. She never entered this race with good intentions--she felt from the get-go that she was owed the presidency for saving her husband's. Believe one thing--the Clintons machine's vetting of Barack has been more thorough than the two of them ever went through in 20 years. And they have found nothing to discredit him because, unlike them, he has morals and integrity.

jojo-ohio, wtf...are you paying attention?

Rant — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:53:00 -0700

I completely agree on the response from ojah_w. why would i want to turn my country over to a woman who was too blind to see her marriage succumb to infidelity? could this translate into HRC not seeing problems happening in her own relationship with the country as our commander-in-chief? for better or worse she stayed with Bill, however, i've heard the phrase "Stay the Course" used several times somewhere else...

re: is it worth the risk

ojah_w — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:58:36 -0700

is it worth the risk to elect a woman just because she is a woman? is it worth the risk to elect a person who is currently being investigated for campaign finance fraud for her senate run (see paul vs. clinton)? is it worth the risk to elect someone who has attempted to smear a fellow democrat in order to win? creates stories about her opponent secretly stalking to canada about nafta agreements, which canada implicitly denies? is it worth the risk to elect someone that would take her deceit to the international stage and humiliate us by involving another country in her lies so that she can improve her chances of winning? is it worth it to elect someone who will cry, mock, scream in order to manipulate people? to elect someone who would not denounce lies and distortions about their competitor but would be party to it all? even the republicans have denounced people for perpetuating lies about obama. you really think that hrc has "good intentions" when she has shown herself to be power hungry, ruthless, and without integrity throughout her campaign? how about how she has continually mismanaged her staff, her finances, and her strategy in the past 3 months? do you really think you know hillary clinton? why won't she release her white house papers or her tax returns? it's good that you have questions. but you need to be asking questions of both sides and not assume that you know someone because she was in the spotlight 10 years ago.....

is it worth the risk?

jojo-ohio — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:23:42 -0700

Why are we as Americans so willing to support Obama? We know everything about Hillary and wether we agree with her methods or not we have to admit she has done quite a bit of good for our country. There is no doubt that she is in this with good intentions. Obama on the other hand has a past that we cannot be 100% sure of and though he makes it all sound good we really have no clue what this mans intention is and who his loyalty is with. As Americans are we really naive enough to turn our Country over to someone that we really and truly dont know? What if this is one of the many people in this world that was raised from birth to hate us. Why take the chance?

Toledo Blade Loves That Obama Guy

Jerid — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:52:43 -0700

With the jumpshot and the endorsement...

They're not holding much back:

There are those who resent Mr. Obama's relatively rapid rise on the national scene and link his growing support to ingrained bias against putting a woman in the Oval Office. Certainly there may be some misguided prejudice against women. But that isn't what is going on this year. We agree the nation is more than ready for a female president. But Hillary Clinton is handicapped by her own baggage, and it has to do with her character, not her gender.

Voters during this primary process have come to know the real Hillary Clinton, and many have not liked what they've seen. Try as she might to project a warm personal image, she has come across mostly as a coldly calculating individual...

We will be scrutinizing the candidates very carefully as the general election campaign progresses. But at this point we feel free to break with tradition and enthusiastically recommend that on Tuesday, Ohio Democrats cast their primary ballots for Barack Obama.