"Honey, Go Wave at the Nice Bosnians"
Topic: Democrat Politics|What was Hillary thinking by stressing she came under sniper fire in Bosnia? Do we really want our First Ladies coming into the cross hairs, never mind the First Daughter? If it was true it wouldn’t matter. John Kerry came under fire in Vietnam and look where that got him? He was in fact braver than George Bush and he was made weaker through the “swiftboaters”. The line here is what was Bill Clinton’s motive in sending his wife into what was believed to be harm’s way? 
The whole story that Hillary concocted is filled with land mines. She is portraying herself as a person sent into a combat zone because it was too dangerous for her husband. To compound matters, today she decided to speak out about Obama’s pastor in order to change the subject. Democrats need to learn how to wage war. If Hillary’s intent is to show how tough she is, it will not measure up to John McCain. The guy broke both his arms and his leg and then was captured and tortured. Even if Hillary’s imaginary war story were true, it would serve as a breeze to McCain’s hurricane in regards to bravery. This election is not how tough one is, it is how smart one is. The Democratic candidate must be able to show that they are smart because Americans want change and most see Bush as not bright. The winner must also be able to show that they empathize with America’s pain in the coming economic woes. Making up “war stories” is not a good place to start.
The real issue is Hillary Clinton must realize she can’t win. You see headline after headline that states the dire situation the Clinton campaign is in. Does she care more about the party or more about her personal glory. Truth be told, the longer this goes on the more she will hurt her image, and the chances for a Democratic victory in November at the same time. If Obama had lost 11 primaries in a row he would be back in Illinois. It is time for her to grasp reality. But as the sniper story shows, that has become hard for Mrs. Clinton.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I keep hearing people say that she actually knows she can’t win and is simply trying to make sure Obama will lose against McCain so she’ll have a better shot at running in 2012 (”See? I told you so! Why didn’t you listen? Now vote for me, a Democratic candidate who can win!”)
The problem is (beyond the sheer repulsive selfishness of that, of course) I’m not sure she’s fully aware of just how much damage she’s doing to her own electability, now or in the future. The way she’s been running her campaign ever since Obama started winning has been straight out of the Karl Rove handbook, with the difference that she doesn’t appear shrewd enough to understand that you OFFICIALLY (wink wink, nudge nudge) keep your distance from the people who are doing the really dirty stuff to your opponent.
As it stands, she’s coming across as nothing more than a political machine, willing to say or do anything to get ahead, completely indifferent to anything beyond her own victory, fully prepared to throw the Democratic party to the wolves if they don’t let her become the nominee. It’s infuriating, and I think many other Democrats are going to feel the same way. I have a feeling she may be permanently destroying her future political prospects all for the sake of this nomination she can no longer get.
I REALLY hope the Democratic party leadership steps in…FINALLY…and puts her campaign out of it’s misery before Clinton loses the election for us. I can’t stand the thought of this nonsense dragging on until June.