December 3, 2007
Beginning of the End of the Clinton Campaign (Ron Christie)
To be honest, I never thought in the first few days of December I would proffer that the Hillary Campaign for President is near the end. To wit, her national poll numbers have been plummeting since she seemed unable to answer a simple question whether she favored issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. She tried to be too cute on the issue by implying that she supported the issuance of such licenses before commenting that people were piling on and that she was being attacked by “the boys.”
While this might sound like a sound strategy in the comfort of campaign office suites, American voters see through such cynicism and posturing for pure political purposes. And now the Clinton strategy has backfired, and backfired badly.
After strutting around the country as the inevitable nominee who had to deal with the nettlesome opponents who were merely prolonging the inevitable, Sen. Clinton (N.Y.) has begun to realize, perhaps too late, that citizens of Iowa and New Hampshire take their role as casting the first ballots in the race for president of the United States very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that they have started to punish the “inevitable” front-runner who was awaiting coronation by rewarding former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) and current Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) with strong surges in the polls.
And now Sen. Clinton has decided to dig a bigger hole for herself by attacking the integrity and candor of Iowa caucus front-runner Obama. And Clinton is attacking a political candidate for his integrity and candor? As “Dandy” Don Meredith used to sing on "Monday Night Football" decades ago late in the fourth quarter: “Turn out the lights, the party’s over. All good things must come to an end.” Attacking Sen. Obama, a fresh face and generally positive campaigner, with the Clinton War Machine will remind voters once again why they have tired of Clintons posturing and preening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Turn out the lights: After losing Iowa and New Hampshire, the Clinton party will be over for 2008.
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She doesn't want anyone to be honest. They might tell the truth about her.
Comment by Robert Rosencrans — December 3, 2007 @ 11:51 am
From your computer to God's ears…
Comment by Anonymous — December 3, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
Get rid of her & her husband as soon as possible …and give us some PEACE !!
Her DIRTY POLITICS …the attacks and the money are sickening to the average American !!
Hillary …go BUY some furniture ….you are NOT going to STEAL anymore from the White House !!
Comment by W08 — December 3, 2007 @ 12:55 pm
I don't think playing the "As a mother" card after the recent crisis at her campaign office helped either. It smacked of pandering to the female vote and reeked of insincerity.
A reminder of the Clinton family trait.
Comment by MagicalPat — December 3, 2007 @ 1:24 pm
W08;
That last crack was a lie. The Clinton didn't steal from the WH, it was Bush that stole the WH.
Comment by Mike Coleman — December 3, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
This is a ridiculuos post. Chistie is another obsessive Hillary hater. He like Igor and RR bring nothing constructive to a discussion that involves this woman.
Comment by Chris Calbi — December 3, 2007 @ 2:12 pm
What do you mean, the liberal media doesn't have the power to elect a forked-tongued snake to the highest office in the land? Man, this is the one prediction I want to be wrong on. But what will sugar daddy Soros say? Ah yes, these days Obama is his slightly more favored "child" anyway. So you want the older Alinsky admirer or the younger Alinsky admirer? It's your free choice America. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to chose.
Comment by Igor R. — December 3, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
It's time for Hillary to go bake some cookies.
Comment by Thomas — December 3, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
"Bush stole the White House".
Therapy my boy. Gore's the one that tried sue for the win.
Thank god that dolt wasn't in charge on 9/11, would have been a disaster.
Comment by jack moss — December 3, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Igor, this post has nothing to do with Guiliani. Oh excuse me, you mean Hillary is the forked tongue snake.
Comment by Chris Calbi — December 3, 2007 @ 3:31 pm
The liberal media did indeed elect a forked-tongued snake to the WH, his name was George W. Bush. The LM gave him a pass on all the lies that he sprewed before the election and didn't look at his record as governor of Texas, his AWOL status from the TANG, his drunk driving record and many more things. Also, most of the LM called the Election of 2000 for Gore before Fox called it for Bush.
Comment by Mike Coleman — December 3, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
Unlike the nutty neocon posters that frquent this site, Igor and RR, most Americans can see through not only Hillary's BS but also the rank BS perpetrated by the GOP in general. It is not just a 'anti Hillary thing', it is an 'anti fascist thing'. Hear that GOP?
The GOP ought to consider drafting Hillary for it's nomination, maybe with Lieberman as her running mate. 20 years ago these two kooks would have been considered 'conservative'.
Comment by Lester — December 3, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
"The GOP ought to consider drafting Hillary for it’s nomination, maybe with Lieberman as her running mate. 20 years ago these two kooks would have been considered ‘conservative’."
And it's a shame that Joe Lieberman was run out of the Democratic Party by the crazy nutroots. Lester, if you can denigrate a man of Leiberman's stature by calling him a "kook", well, I would have to question your political acumen. How's Ned Lamont these days?
Comment by Joel — December 3, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
"her national poll numbers have been plummeting"? Actually, Ron, they're not:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/charts/?poll_id=191
But you rightwingers are sure welcome to your delusions. I remember how well they served you in '06, as Rove and his hilarious 'I've got the math' remark proved. It's going to be real sweet watching the Republicans get frogmarched into the wilderness where they belong.
Comment by Joe Porchnik — December 3, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
Yes Chris, very perceptive, Giuliani doesn't admire Alinsky last time I checked. As far as I'm concerned, anybody who DOESN'T hate Hillary has to have their head examined.
Comment by Igor R. — December 3, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
Projection my friend, Igor, the Republican malady.
Comment by Chris Calbi — December 3, 2007 @ 8:20 pm
This is an interesting article. Well, I mainly like it because it matches my prediction from several weeks ago that it will be Hillary vs. Fred, but still…
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-03-2007/0004715857&EDATE=
Clinton, Thompson Win First Presidential 'Primary'
Nation's Social Studies Teachers Flex Voting Muscles and Choose '08
Contenders Pearson Sponsors Presidential Primary at National Council for
the Social Studies Annual Event
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — U.S. Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton of New York and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson of
Tennessee are the top choices for the 2008 Democratic and Republican
nominations for President of the United States, according to the nation's
first Presidential "Primary" of voters at the National Council for the
Social Studies annual conference in San Diego.
Comment by Igor R. — December 3, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
THE BOTTOM LINE: HILLARY IS IRRESPONSIBLE WITH POWER
Dear American Friend, www.1984ArkansasMotherOfTheYear.com
I have attached my “Hillary file” which is culled from the 205+ books and other media that I have on Hillary and Bill. The Clintons are thugs. On the campaign trail in 2007 Hillary and Bill are play acting as the loving, respectful couple – singing each other’s praises on stage and engaging in public affection as they troll for votes.
In order to understand Hillary and Bill, one must first understand the wildly dysfunctional Jerry Springer lifestyle they have lived for 36 years. Hillary has covered for Bill who not only has had HUNDREDS of women, but also perpetrated several rapes and vicious sexual assaults, often involving biting the lips of the women victims. In order to cover up this Jerry Springer chaos, Hillary has often used Sopranos tactics: a secret police and criminal intimidation tactics to harass, intimidate and terrify Bill’s sex victims and girlfriends.
WE’VE HAD ENOUGH “EXPERIENCE” WITH HILLARY;
CLINTON BLACK OPERATIONS MUST STOP
These tactics include the savage beating/almost murder of Gennifer Flower’s neighbor (Gary Johnson – 6/26/92), criminal harassment campaigns on Kathleen Willey (1997-98 car vandalism, stole or killed her cat Bullseye, witness tampering), Liz Ward Gracen (who Bill probably raped [1983] while she was Miss America – harassed/threats, 1997), Gennifer Flowers (break-ins, threats, 1992), Sally Perdue (car vandalism, threats, 1992), Bobbie Ann Williams (break-in), Christy Zercher (a flight attendant, groped 1992, break-in, 1994), Patrick Knowlton (extreme harassment campaign Oct. 1995; witness tampering), Suzi Parker (a journalist harassed off Arkansas tainted prison blood scandal 1999, fearing for her life), Connie Hamzy (lying campaign, 1991) and Juanita Broaddrick (raped by Bill 1978, break-in and IRS audit when she went public in 1998). It is not a stretch to say that Hillary, Bill and Buddy Young may have organized the murder of their former contract employee Jerry Parks on 9/26/93 because he knew too much about the Clintons.
Hillary and Bill were well on the way to crucifying Monica Lewinsky as an unstable stalker, liar and fantasist - – and would have done so if Bill’s semen had not been found on Monica’s blue dress. Hillary’s private eyes were already digging into Monica’s past, when the real story was the Clintons’ criminal track record.
Additionally, biographer Roger Morris describes a vicious sexual assault by Bill on a woman (around 1980) on p.238 in his book Parters in Power. Journalist Michael Isikoff details a extremely crude sexual advance by President Bill in 1996 on a lady married to a Democratic VIP on p.162 of his book Uncovering Clinton. Additionally, pervert Bill exposed himself to Paula Jones in May, 1991 and also to Carolyn Moffet in 1979.
Other Clinton dysfunctions include Bill’s cocaine addiction as governor, Hillary’s lesbianism and the fact that Chelsea is probably the seed of Webb Hubbell, NOT Bill Clinton. Bill’s only offspring is probably Danny Williams, the product of deadbeat dad Bill’s cocaine-fueled sex orgies with (no condoms) drug-addicted street hooker Bobbie Ann Williams and her girlfriends back in 1983-84. Bill paid $200 to Gennifer Flowers so she could have an abortion in Jan., 1978, just 3 months before Bill’s double rape of Juanita Broaddrick on 4-25-78. Bill severely bit Juanita’s lip to disable her during the rapes. Also, wild Bill, brother “Roger the Dodger” and best friend Dan Lasater were partying with high school girls and providing them cocaine when Bill was governor in the early 1980’s.
And, of course, there is Hillary’s long and intense affair with Vince Foster who was her emotional husband while Bill was screwing everything in sight. Hillary has a long record of fomenting domestic violence with Bill. The Secret Service, fed up with this insanity, leaked to the press Hillary smashing a lamp during an argument with Bill. Hillary has often thrown objects at victim Bill.
Hillary has used criminal tactics such as a secret police and illegal IRS audits to go after both political enemies and Bill’s sex victims and girlfriends. It was probably Clintons’ FBI who put a rotating harassment team of 25 people on Patrick Knowlton, a witness in the Vince Foster investigation, on October 26, 1995, and continuing for a week. What the Clintons did to Patrick Knowlton was Clinton street fascism as well as witness tampering.
This was a prelude to the intimidation campaign waged on Kathleen Willey in 1997-98 before her deposition in the Paula Jones case. Paula Jones who Bill exposed himself to, rape victim Juanita Broaddrick, probable rape victim Liz Ward Gracen, and mistress Gennifer Flowers all got audited by Clintons’ IRS in the late 1990’s.
Floyd Brown’s offices were burglarized in 1992 and only his Clinton files were stolen. Brown’s private phone conversations were illegally wiretapped by Hillary’s goon Jack Palladino. Another one of Hillary’s thugs, Anthony Pellicano is in jail in LA for the same kind goon tactics he did for the Clintons in 1992.
Clinton biographer Emmett Tyrrell also had his offices twice broken into and his NY apartment invaded once. The manuscript of Tyrrell’s book Boy Clinton was stolen when he couriered it to Robert Novak for a blurb. Clintons thugs tried to intimidate 2 of Tyrrell’s researchers in Little Rock.
Also, at least one independent counsel in the 1990’s took to carrying a gun after being harassed by Clinton goons in yet another intimidation event.
HILLARY TREATS PEOPLE LIKE DIRT
LIKE THEY ARE “INVISIBLE”
Many people close to the Clintons describe Hillary as rude, vulgar and abusive, not just with staff and co-workers, but especially with Bill who she made a sport of ridiculing, according to L.D. Brown, Bill’s favorite state trooper. Hillary is well known for making mean, vicious and personally degrading comments often towards people who work for and with her. She probably got that from her dad Hugh Rodham, a deeply disturbed man.
Hillary and Bill are sociopaths, not unlike serial killers such as Ted Bundy. Seemingly personable and normal while brown nosing wealthy contributors or opinion makers, Hillary and Bill have no regard for the integrity and well being of others. They disregard rules and lie with practiced ease, not feeling guilt or empathy for others.
Bill is the kind of guy who can rape your sister upstairs and then come down to the living room and tell you what a great book he has read about women’s rights. Hillary is the kind of person who can be in the kitchen calling up a secret police to terrify your rape victim sister into silence, and then come out to the living room and ask what do you think about her latest speech on women’s and children’s rights.
Some of the goons that Hillary has used to cover up her and Bill’s Jerry Springer lifestyle and criminal activity include Ivan Duda (1982), Jerry Parks (1980’s), Jack Palladino (1992) and Anthony Pellicano (1990’s). Pellicano is now in JAIL in Los Angeles for the same kind of thug intimidation tactics that Hillary hired him for. Also, Buddy Young, the head of Bill’s trooper detail and who Bill made #2 at FEMA, is additionally a dangerous criminal that Hillary and Bill has employed in their black operations. Terry Lenzer is also someone Hillary has used extensively.
Please forward this information to your Democratic friends and co-workers and ask that they (and you) vote for and support John Edwards, Barack OBAMA, Bill Richardson or any other Democratic candidate, and NOT Hillary. The difference is Hillary will break your kneecap to get to the White House; the others will not.
Thank-you and have a great day!
Robert Morrow Clinton expert Austin, TX 512-306-1510
Comment by Robert Morrow — December 4, 2007 @ 4:22 am
As someone who is actually FROM New Hampshire, voters here are not trying to punish HRC (the Junior Senator from the Empire State, known to the rest of us as Voldemort) at all. That notion is patently absurd.
Hillary is losing ground because she's a terrible candidate and people don't like her, not because Granite State voters are trying to teach her a lesson.
Comment by William Smith — December 4, 2007 @ 10:02 am
Jack Moss;
First off, do your homework, remember the 2000 Bush v. Gore, it was Bush who sued. Secondly, the supreme court shouldn't have wade in on a political matter when two of the members had clear conflict of interest. Thomas was appointed by Bush I and his wife worked on the Bush/Cheney campaign. Scalia's son also worked for the B/C campaign. So in the interest of Justice, both of them should have recuse themselves from any judgement in Bush v. Gore. That would have been th honorable thing to do but we know that they have no honor.
Comment by Mike Coleman — December 4, 2007 @ 11:40 am
William, vote Republican and vote for Fred. Or at least study his positions and make up your mind.
Comment by Igor R. — December 4, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
The more I heard from Hillary and the more I watched/listened the more I thought the Clintons should move back to Arkansas…maybe next door to the Waltons (WalMart). I'm learning as much about the other candidates as I can…ANYONE other than Hillary. All she does is try to prevent Freedom of Speech, laugh, sidestep, whine and I doubt the world leaders will ever take her seriously. I was really getting concerned for awhile that another Clinton would reach the White House…wow, I hope NOT! What experience does she keep thinking she has? Whitewater? Lewinsky? Limbaugh? And she has some of the most irresponsible ideas I've ever heard! I just don't find her credible at all. Yes, the USA is ready for a woman president IF the right one comes along…Hillary is NOT that woman.
Comment by Karen P — December 4, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
Can anyone verify that the Saudi's have gifted the Clinton's with 3 apartments in Dbai or the rumor about Guilinini came from the HC campaign..Feels like dirty tricks are on again.
Comment by jlt — December 5, 2007 @ 10:26 am
Igor, my compliments on one of your best posts ever. You are righter than rain.
Comment by Chris Calbi — December 6, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
Being a Clinton supporter Ron,I am greatly relieved to see your prediction.My logic is based on 2 things here Ron.The first one iis that she is still the leader in the democratic electorate .The second is your track record Ron,being a student of Dick Cheney who has been right on nothing since 1992 I think it is abundantly clear that your per centage of being correct is in it's last throes on the charts.I am glad that even in the world of pundits they hire both handicappers and the handicapped in clear precise poltical predictions.
Comment by linda M — December 8, 2007 @ 1:41 pm
You have to love the way that the Clinton's are trying to manipulate the Iowa voters; and I mean that in jest. The reason they are pushing John Edwards to the forefront is because they hope an Edwards’ win there will make Obama less of a threat to them in the near future.
I also have my suspicions about Governor Culver and his wife’s sudden endorsement of John Edwards; personally I believe they are in cahoots with the Clinton's. Think about it, the first lady’s (Mari) direct "support" of Edwards could be her way of indirectly supporting Hillary Clinton. By selling John Edwards to the voters she helps Hillary isolate Obama, thus making him less effective in future primaries. The Clinton’s are fairly certain that an Edwards’ win in Iowa wouldn’t put a dent in their campaign, but an Obama win could prove to be detrimental to Hillary’s Presidential ambitions. The Clinton’s must really think the people of Iowa are dumb, gullible hicks. America can only hope the Iowa voter’s prove them wrong.
Comment by Geeesh — December 17, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
Okay so let me guess -9/11/2001 was an inside job and there are aliens hidden in a bunker in Roswell and of course the US Government paid the hotel for James Earl Ray to be close enough to assassinate Martin Luther King.
When do you stop with the never ending conspiracy stories in this nation?Hollywood could use some good fiction writers now that the pro's are on strike.Perhaps you could find a little work.
Comment by linda M — December 18, 2007 @ 10:40 am
Obama has racked up an impressive number of victories in the past several weeks with his “CHANGE” campaign. What is all this CHANGE we keep hearing about? The only change will be to “Obama’s” bank account. Hillary has over 30 years of political experience. The only thing Obama has done as a paid Senator is “run for President”. American citizens need to pay attention to the facts—not to what the media is feeding them. By the way, Obama’s mother is white. He is “mixed” NOT black. Why doesn’t he acknowledge this? Personally, I don’t care what his ethnic background is. He simply needs to be honest about it. I want to know what he will do for all American citizens! So far, I don’t know. He talks of change but can’t guarantee anything.
Comment by Jay — February 13, 2008 @ 4:29 pm