Archive for the 'calculation' Category

If HRC Wins the Nomination, Use Your Vote to Protest

January 19th, 2008

Despite being a long time democrat, I am appalled at how well Hillary Clinton is doing in the primaries. I just can’t imagine why the Democratic party is overcome with love for this candidate who is in bed with corporate interests and a war hawk to boot. Actually, I can imagine why — I’m […]

Hillary Clinton’s “Not Voted” Record

November 17th, 2007

During campaign season, candidates shout and beat their chests as they proclaim rosy promises of a bright future in which our every wish is granted, we get our cake and three or four more, and the world will revert to Eden — if only we elect that candidate. We all know the promises are […]

Hillary Clinton Staffers Plant Softball Questions

November 12th, 2007

Clinton’s campaign workers have been busted planting softball questions to lob at HRC during campaign stops, similar to the manner in which Bush manages and controls the questions he is asked.
Planting questions with audience members, while not unheard of in political campaigns, is generally avoided because of the embarrassing image it suggests when the tactic […]

Clinton’s Female Status Is Not Relevant

October 20th, 2007

I want one thing to be clear. I am not opposed to Hillary Clinton because she is a woman. I’m a liberal and at 39, I am in an age group that has been exposed to women in leadership positions throughout my life. My own mother was in several leadership positions in […]

Hillary Makes an Easy Decision to Appeal to Rednecks and Thugs

October 14th, 2007

Hillary Clinton claimed that voting to let Bush got to war with Iraq was one of the hardest decisions she ever had to make. I don’t buy it, but first, listen to her words:

It wasn’t a hard vote — it was a calculated vote. Hillary was worried that if she ran for president, […]

Listen to PRI’s “Radio Opensource” Discussion re Hillary’s War Vote

October 13th, 2007

If you have always had a sense that Hillary is a bit on the calculating side, that she is a politician who bases her actions on whether they will advance her career as opposed to whether those actions are right and just, you must listen to PRI’s (now defunct) Radio Opensource episode: Hillary Clinton’s […]