"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she told USA Today.
The newspaper quoted her as saying that an Associated Press article showed how Sen. Barack Obama's support among "working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."
Commentary: Democrats need more than working-class whites - CNN.com
So it is about time someone actually came out and said it. Why does Hillary Clinton think that by having the uneducated white Americans she can win the White House? Last time I checked, this is not really the constituency that I would be courting if I wanted to get to be president. Sure, these are hard working people and they do make up a significant amount of the population but in many ways I would rather say I have the hard working, educated people that want to vote for me.
Personally, if the really smart people in the country think that Obama is doing something right then maybe the rest of us should listen rather than going out and voting for Hillary because she'll be like Bill right? Wrong. Last time I checked, not too many people liked her as first lady, after all she was commonly referred to by people of generation Y as the ice queen or other terms like that. Now in addition to being a completely cold person she has added "will do anything for power" to her list of descriptors.
Are you voting for her because she is going to give you a "gas tax holiday" or because she is going to socialize health care? If so you'd best do a reality check because the gas tax holiday is an empty promise that won't actually amount to anything (this is coming from someone that drive 100 miles every day) and socialized health care is about the worst idea you can imagine. If you want to see why, I would go move to Quebec for a year and try and live with their health care. I hope you don't have cancer or some other serious injury because they will not likely be able to treat you in any reasonable amount of time and when they are ready you likely will already be dead. This coming from someone who's mother had breast cancer and moved away from Canada because there are no oncologists left in the country.
I'm not rich, but I do consider myself to be relatively bright and hard working and after thinking about this election the choice is clear, Barack Obama is the only candidate that actually offers real character and substance to the position of President. Honestly, if he doesn't win the nomination, I think I would actually vote for John McCain just because I can at least come to terms with fiscal conservatism. If you want to be one of the dumb white people that Hillary Clinton says is her constituency then more power to you but I think I will consider myself to be a little brighter than that and vote for a candidate that looks at me as more than a means to an end.
"For all the women who wanted women's rights in the '60s: Now you have a chance at having a female president with many years of experience, and you're messing it up. You're voting for the wrong candidate. You're a lot of talk. If you're into women's rights, vote for Clinton." - Hagerstown
The Herald-Mail
And if you mean by "women's rights" you mean a woman who stays with a cheating husband to further her own political career then I guess you are right. Hillary Clinton is not a women's rights advocate, or if she is then it is only because she is a woman. She is the most conservative democrat in the race currently and last time I checked the 60's bra burners were not overly conservative. The only thing you'd be messing up by not voting for Hillary Clinton is the chances for her ruining the country.
It was, in this reporter's opinion, the most interesting moment in today's Clinton campaign phoner with reporters. Responding to the release of HRC's new TX TV ad, which asserts in no subtle terms that only she has the experience to deal with a major world crisis, and, relatedly, to keep your children safe, Slate's John Dickerson asked the obvious question:
"What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary's career where she's been tested by crisis?" he said.
Silence on the call. You could've knit a sweater in the time it took the usually verbose team of Mark Penn, Howard Wolfson and Lee Feinstein, Clinton's national security director, to find a cogent answer. And what they came up with was weak -- that she's been endorsed by many high ranking members of the uniformed military.
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Was there ever any doubt that Hillary Clinton didn't actually have any foreign policy experience or any crisis experience? Just because she worked for a giant corporate law firm and then sat in the White House for 8 years being the cold witch that everyone know she is at the time does not mean you have any real experience. Her actions after her husband left the White House have only emphasized her cold, calculating attitude of doing anything that will get her ahead whether or not it is morally or ethically right. This kind of experience should make you worry that she will do the same thing if she were to be elected, once there she will just continue to do the same old thing.
There is no experience here, there is none to be found. The fact is that she does not really have any more experience of her own than Barack Obama. The only experience she has is sitting and watching her Husband get impeached in front of the entire world and then staying with him so her own political ambitions could be realized. This is exactly the kind of experience that we should be running away from as fast as we can, after all, would you want someone answering the phone in the middle of the night cutting a deal that only advances their own personal agenda?
There are reasons why Hillary Clinton thinks that her experience is such a valuable asset but all you need to do is look at this from the opposite direction to realize what John McCain is going to do to her should she get the nomination. She may have had 30 years of experience, but she has also had 30 years of near constant scandal and controversy that makes her an easy target for both McCain and her other rivals.
Between going through Bill Clinton's Impeachment, Whitewater, the clear political maneuvering in NY state to get elected to the Senate, etc. She also clearly stuck with a guy who any self respecting woman would have divorced if for only to use him for his political clout in an election.How hard do you think this kind of experience is going to make it on the republican party to paint Hillary Clinton as one big mistake? Not too hard, this is why this country doesn't need some one with experience like this running it or making any decisions about important policy. If she keeps up her streak, the only decisions she would make would be those that would land her the best book deals after she gets through with the presidency because they would be great fodder for stories. If you want solutions, vote for someone that might actually get the right people together to come up with them rather than sit down at the table and realize no one else showed up because of your personality and mindset.
If you vote for Hillary Clinton in the primaries, you are voting for experience that will unite the republican party and cause democrats to look at John McCain before they would think about voting for her. When scandal is your only source of experience, I would not go around publicizing that as she does as it is only a matter of time before that experience becomes a huge liability to both her and the country. If you want solutions, don't vote for a person that has experience causing problems and dividing people, vote for someone that inspires and motivates people to find a common ground and solve their problems. Vote for Barack Obama, vote for change, vote for hope, vote for inspiration, vote because you know there is more to the presidency than scandal and big business interests.
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