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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:39 PM Original message |
Leave Hillary Be. It's Clear She's Not Going To The Convention. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. She's going but not as a candidate |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't know if she can stand to be there. It might be too painful for her. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. She is a Democratic Senator and has earned the right to be |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I know, but I'm talking about her emotional pain. It would be understandable |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I don't think there is a way in the world to keep her away.... |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Or any other serving Senator. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
64. You might be advised to rephrase your OP. I can't imagine her not being there in the flesh. |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. I think that I personally, if my lifelong dream didn't come true, would find it |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. I'm dreading the convention. As divisive as Hillary has been.... |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I don't think she would do that because what matters to her is her legacy. |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I don't think Hillary's legacy has been her concern to date.... |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Then why did she say this to Wolf Blitzer yesterday... |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That was simply a dig |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
85. Because it is true. Hell Wilson had even less then half of the front runner |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. Don't be silly |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. it's all fake. she's just "being nice" because she saw that being nasty was backfiring. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. As an Obama supporter I find your insights quite counter-productive |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You are so very wise! I love this post! |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I am on the same page as you. This has been a very hard road for BOTH candidates |
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CaptJasHook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Thank you for your message |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I think/hope we are moving in that direction |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. As an Obama supporter I find your insights Dead On.. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Oliphant hits a homer. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Oliphant has just lost my readership. I find this work odious and unproductive. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. P.S. Just wait until the real push to the GE. Cartoonists like to do this sort of thing... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. One of the most talented political cartoonists? |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I hadn't seen that one, but that's the sort of thing I am referring to... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. I find your work odious and full of lies.. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #72 |
83. More childish name-calling!! |
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Lady-Damai (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why do ppl have to do what Hillary wants? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree with you. She's earned the right to choose when and how |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I think it may be June 4th, and that'd be alright with me. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Me too, though I suspect it might be earlier. |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. we'll see |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. What about all the talk about the May 31st meeting? MI and FL? |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I think they'll give it one last hurrah, but it won't work |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:18 PM Original message |
They're meeting for my birthday, May 31, 2008... and buying me a cake. |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
77. I do think that MI and FL will be seated before then, perhaps |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Does that mean I won't get my birthday cake? [[smiles]] |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have never lived through such a crap primary. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. hate to break it to you, but, yes, only one is "allowed" to win, and it wasn't Hillary |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. She needs to apologize to him and to us..in public |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. For what? |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. just let it go. We've already won. They know it. |
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CaptJasHook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Perhaps, she is showing her apology right now. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. I'm sure she's heartbroken |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. That will never happen..hilary is not |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Unless Obama gets much stronger on his own,he'll need HRC more |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Even if Obama wins the primary he didn't have a majority |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. The same way Hillary would have won if she were the nominee. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. "Inevitable Hillary, Part II"? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. I caught part of that talk while I was fading in and out to sleep |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I think it is. I don't have the link though. I had that same impression as well. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have no plans to attack her. |
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WA98070 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wait ten minutes and you will find her or a surrogate on the attack again. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. watch out--we are now not allowed to say anything unkind about poor widdle Hillary |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Fortunately, your candidate is more graceful (and intelligent) than you are. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. because I say (basically) that Hillary is a poseur, a fake, & not to be trusted? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'll be done when she's done. Not a second before. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. What does that accomplish, Bloo? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I seriously doubt anything I could do would un-piss them... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. You think she has a chance? Really? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. As long as the clock's still got time on it. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I don't get it |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. No grudge. When it's over, I move on grudgelessly. Just not until then. |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
86. Somehow, I really doubt it. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. So you being an asshole to HRC supporters is helping Obama clinch the nom? |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. Someone who is still fighting shouldn't be left unattended. |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes, let her be. Her rabid supporters on the other hand.... |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. She's still hammering away on Howard Dean with this "sexist" bit. |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. that's not her---those are her supporters. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It does not matter at this point, slinker. It is just as destructive as if it were her. |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. just let themselves flame themselves out. They're working through their anger. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I don't think so. |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. She's going to try and pin Dem unity problems on Dean-- |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Then MAYBE Dean needs to show a little leadership |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
73. He IS the one showing unity and leadership... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Thanks mad, for dealing in reality.. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #73 |
88. Leadership? How? He hasn't done a damn thing. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #60 |
84. The stalling only benefits his pick -Obama. Don't expect him to show leadership. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #84 |
89. It benefits Obama, IN THE SHORT RUN, at the expense of the Party in the fall. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
61. All I'm asking for is for her to be reasonable. I will gladly donate to help pay off the debt when |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
62. Now someone needs to tell ... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. Is it clear? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
67. While nasty HRC surrogate Geraldine Ferraro trashes Obama on Faux News today. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
69. I'd be happy to leave her be. As it is, I'll leave her be until she or |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
80. No candidate should be "let be." |
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Rene (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
81. I want Clinton to fight on and take this right to the Convention floor. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Ditto, but be prepared to be bashed!!! |
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