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[JoB]

walfredo..

you have a rich fantasy life.

if Obama had won.. as you have been contending for weeks… there would be no conversation…

none of us knows how the political infighting will turn out… but i would bet on Hillary as being the better player… with far more political favors to call in than obama or his supporters…

i think there will be surprises yet…

so keep that fantasy life active… maybe you really can make the world over through your dreams ;-)

[JoB]

JT

let’s see..

i started a thread so i could talk positively about my candidate when i was no longer able to do so on other threads…

others posters decided it was not ok to have any positive words about Hillary posted anywhere on this forum and chose the new thread to continue the ongoing round of virulent Hillary bashing…

therefore making it one more political thread too hostile for conversation among those who support Hillary.

when i quit posting.. they still chose this thread to continue Hillary bashing..

but it is all my fault because i defend her.

yeah.. right…

so the only way i could stop this all being my fault is if i let every insinuation about Hillary stand totally uncorrected…

I could post a few comments here and there and ignore the stream of rebuttals..

i think i would have to be some kind of saint to do that.. and i am pretty sure i am not..

or i could stop posting…

either way…

i couldn’t be part of the conversation.

nope.. even being a saint wouldn’t do it… because my sainthood would come at the cost of giving in to a bunch of bullies…

because that is what people who won’t let other people say something they don’t want to hear are.. bullies…

JT.. i am not going to defend my right to exist..

nor am i going to take responsibility for the tone of this conversation…

i attempted to turn it around several times with no success…

i leave.. i come back.. the tone of the conversation doesn’t change…

there is just noone presenting an opposing viewpoint..

go find someone or something else to hold responsible .. and stop blaming the negative tone of these posts on me.

[walfredo]

JoB-

Thank you! You made my weekend. That has to be the best argument I’ve ever read…

Why doesn’t Obama drop out? Well, #1- he’s won the nomination… That’s kind of a biggie…

But lets get specific. I argued in early March, how I felt that Clinton supporters were setting a terrible precident with there willingness to have an election decided by “Super” people. That supporting a candidate whose only hope was having them overturn an election, well is a bad precident, and would be a devastating move for the party.

But this is much better now. So- now we are taking that off the table, because clearly it isn’t going to happen- heck he’s leading in Supers these days- “undecideds” like Pelosi, Reid, Carter etc… It is over.

So- I love it! The candidate who loses then blackmails the party by strongholding her supporters support in the general election. Thus forcing the winner to concede! That has to be the best precident for future elections I can imagine. It’s not about forming a winning coalition, its not about the primaries, the caucases, the superdelegates. None of that matters. It’s about inspiring enough lunatics to blackmail the party to support you, and discard the election winner. To disregard math and facts, and invent your own metrics. Then when presented with losing, just ignore it.

If anyone is wondering where my comments like- her gaining power as the end, absolutely and without exception justifies any possible mean that could be presented before her to obtain the power.

[Kayleigh]

I don’t care if you think it’s funny. I mean, I really don’t care. You don’t pay me to be your personal comedienne. And exaggerated satire isn’t supposed to make you laugh. It’s supposed to make a point. Apparently you didn’t read “A Modest Proposal” in school. And of course, me saying that makes me elitist, doesn’t it?

You have insulted Obama and his supporters over and over again, in pages and pages of sneakily mean posts, and then claim the same thing has been done to Hillary by us–and to YOU by us.

You know what I said about Hillary and the victim triangle? Read it again, over and over, and google the concept. It’s a very interesting psychological construct and a lens with which many of us view the world, to some extent or another.

Now I am done. DONE, I tell you.

I have a trip to pack for.

[Anonymous]

Kayleigh – You are literally cracking me up. I can’t believe we disagree so often!

JoB – I think JT has a point. You can make this thread whatever you chose. Have you taken a look at the “McCain” thread? Even the title is somewhat of a bashing with the question marks included. And didn’t YOU start and title that thread?

I certainly don’t engage in every bashing that is done to him. Why waste my time?

I think, JoB, and I hope that you don’t take this personally, but you are very good at turning things around. You say things and then say something else that kinda means the same thing, but not quite… I can’t even explain it.

I have no problems, though, obviously, with ANY of this dialogue. I intend to refer back to it come this fall.

Please carry on!!!!

[beachdrivegirl]

what will you tell the people who believe in all those insinuations about Obama- actually if you visited the mccain thread i am doing just fine supporting obama. obama is more than qualified to e President. And do not put words in my mouth Iam not dismissing her adult career life i am just chosing to see that she is far from the type of leadership as I want as my commander in cheif.

[JoB]

beachdrivegirl…

i think you are right…some people are clearly blinded by the campaign rhetoric they listen to daily..

They honestly believe that they can decide the intention behind another person’s words or actions and that if they can get enough people to agree with them.. any insinuation.. any label… should should be accepted as truth.

They have suspended critical thought.

You would dismiss a hard working woman’s entire adult career because the evidence it contains doesn’t support your impression…you would accept republican propaganda as truth because it tells a story you want to hear…

If Obama ends up being our nominee.. i am afraid you are going to find yourself on the receiving end of that kind of media blitz…

what will you tell the people who believe in all those insinuations about Obama when you so readily believed them yourself about Hillary?

That is the real problem with the kind of anti-Hillary campaign that has been waged… it doesn’t leave you in a really strong position when it comes time to defend your candidate from the same tactics.

After all.. if enough people say it.. it must be true.. right???

[beachdrivegirl]

Great News!! Obama is mapping out his election schedule following Tuesday’s closing primaries. We have alot of work to do to make up for the bad press Clinton has given him lately…

[beachdrivegirl]

Why woudl Obama concede when he is ahead in the delegate count, popular vote, superdelegates, and contests won??? Only becasue Hillary feels entitled to being President… that is an insane argument.

[beachdrivegirl]

Why woudl Obama concede when he is ahead in the delegate count, popular vote, superdelegates, and contests won??? Only becasue Hillary feels entitled to being President… that is an insane argument.

[JoB]

really now…

let’s say walfredo that i accept your entire hypothesis..

Explain to me why the same argument you made for Hillary conceding does not also hold for Obama conceding…

If he conceded.. Hillary could get on with the business of the election… pull in crossover female vote.. and beat John McCain.

I think that sounds good!

Boy.. i really missed out here. instead of defending Hillary.. i should have just been demanding Obama bow out for the good of the party:)

Cool!

[JoB]

kayleigh…

i am not presenting you as someone who wants to harm puppies…

i found your “joke” which related a story in which Hillary stabbed puppies offensive.

I found it even more offensive when it was explained as a joke…

let’s try reversing it and see if you find this an acceptable joke… just poking fun…

“You would defend Obama no matter what he did … if Obama was caught raping women, you would just say that the rapes were exaggerated and that it was consensual and that they were only after him because he was black”

funny? i don’t think so.

you talk of me carrying things to extremes…

i think that post and those that followed did exactly that.. carried something to an extreme that you didn’t intend…

and i am really tired of this label of victim. I have been very clear that i don’t label myself a victim.. nor do i feel victimized.

I am perfectly capable of defending myself and my ideas… perhaps far too capable for the comfort of many of you…

[beachdrivegirl]

I just find it sad that people are so blinded by what they once knew in Hillary to actually believe her out right lies and misrepresenations. Enough is enough and if the rolls were reversed I believe Obama would have had more then enough respect to drop out. She cant win! She will not win! Right now Hillary is campainging for 2012!!! And like I said before the media is not against Hills. If they were they would not create this insane newsline that Michigan and florida will change Hills standings. Newsflash, in case you cant do the math yourself, it wont. The media is also what has created this *false* hope for Hillary supporters out there that she has a chance when in fact she has been out for weeks. So no JoB dont pull the poor Hillary and media talking.

[JoB]

JT..

the point you seem to be missing is that i don’t control this conversation. i am far too busy responding to it…

So if there is rehashing, it must be because the same points keep coming up over and over…

I certainly didn’t start this thread as a venue for Hillary bashing..

i started this thread because there was no other upon which i could talk about my candidate positively without spending several hours refuting one inflated claim after another.

That didn’t last long, did it?

Not even when i stopped posting.

But… somehow i am to blame.

I will tell you what i hold myself responsible for…

I hold myself responsible for saying a lot of things people on this blog clearly don’t want to hear.

If you are unable to hear anything that doesn’t fall in line with the media story of Hillary’s bad intentions and malicious intent… then i am truly sorry.

But there is a political battle going on out there for the future of the party that i have invested most of my life in.

i think it is important.

but more than that, i think it is important to challenge inflations and innuendos that are presented as truth…

I thought that when i was defending John Kerry.. and i still think that now.

[walfredo]

JoB- you are completely missing the point. I’m not at all unconfident in Obama winning the nomination. Haven’t been since the Wisconsin primary in early March when he secured a mathmatical lock on the nomination. My focus is on the general election, and the fact that a candidate that has already lost won’t let it begin.

My prediction for Saturday- Clinton refuses to accept anything that is offered or discussed and the states are left unresolved. (By law, the best case she can get Saturday is 50% of the delegates seated, which would end the race)…

Write it down, it will happen, she will not accept any agreement Saturday. So, despite the clear and compelling fact that even if she got everything she wanted no matter how unfair, she is still losing. The failure to accept whatever is presented Saturday to her, will keep the media narrative of “Florida and Michigan” being undecided alive… All the while she will continue to spout off made up metrics claiming victory, purposefully dividing the party and purposefully prohibiting it from even trying to coalesce for the general.

This just might be enough to carry her to the conevention. If this goes to the convention, really if this goes another month, the winning candidates general election chances go down dramatically… It’s a fact. Every disputed convention in democrat history has resulted in a losing candidate.

So this is where we are at. It’s exactly where we were in early March. Obama’s lead is actually bigger then it was after Wisconsin, after the big “comeback” we’ve got to witness. The only question is will the sociapath accept reality, or continue on her own planet?

BTW- I have 0 confidence that Obama reaching 2025 or 2110 or whatever number Clinton makes up next Wednesday will get her to dropout. As the lunatic has stated, and restated- pledged delagates aren’t bound by the voters, and the supers can change there minds…

It is now time, well Tuesday evening it will be time, for overwhelming pressure from all sides to put her out of her misery…. And it is the only hope of keeping McCain out of office at this point…

[JoB]

Trick..

I didn’t say there aren’t older women who support Barak…

i belong to a group of older women.. in fact i am the baby of the crowd.. and to a woman.. those who support barak do so because of the enthusiasm of their children or grandchildren.. or at least that is what they say…

there are certainly worse reasons to support a candidate…

I even know women my age who support barak who do so because they are fed up and want a change…

again.. not a bad reason to support a candidate…

I think anyone of any age can support any candidate for any reason.. even just because they are republican:)

The issue of age came about in response to electability.. and i pointed out that the demographic where Clinton is strongest also happens to be one of the largest voting blocks…

and also contains the group of people most likely to cross the democratic/republican political party barrier to vote for an opposing candidate… given incentive…

The first woman president is a pretty large incentive…

Label me sexist for pointing that out if you like…

so, will you also be going after those who were calling Hillary’s supporters uneducated older white women.. for the same reason?

[JoB]

Kayleigh…

i had to scroll back to see how i could have misrepresented you.. and i honestly can’t see it.

[Trick]

My mom who is 60+, raised with a conservative backhand liked both Hillary and Barack. Although now she is repulsed by Hillary’s tactics and is a staunch supporter of Barack.

What’s your point?

To discount someone’s age for their opinion and passion is about as elitist as me stating someone’s old age is irrelevant.

[JoB]

JT..

is that how this works?

there wasn’t even much conversation when there was no dissenting point of view…

Let’s see… I wasnt’ posting… those who posted chose the Hot for Hillary thread to post… and the posts were strongly anti-Hillary…

hmm.. i’m sorry. i don’t see where i should take any responsibility for those who chose this thread to bash Hillary…

but i am somehow responsible.. even for that which occurred while i wasn’t posting.. because i was rude enough to name it.

LOL

so.. if there is a dissenting point of view.. then that point of view is responsible for all ensuing statements…

and you get to slap that personally on me since i am the only dissenting point of view…

funny how that works…

now THAT is a position i never thought you would take…

i thought you a woman very much in favor of dissenting voices…

[JoB]

Beachdrivegirl…

i may be wrong.. but i don’t think Hillary got to vote until she was 21.. i am pretty sure i didn’t.. but then my memory isn’t the best today.

I am pretty sure letting young people vote at 18 is one of those things that the vietnam war ushered in… and it was still in full swing in the late 60s..

I’m not going to look it up.

It may seem inconceivable to you… as a young woman who was probably encouraged to think in your home… to imagine a life in which you were not only discouraged from independent thought, but punished for it.

I was once beaten for expressing a political thought contrary to those my mother held.. and none of the adults in my life thought that was particularly out of line. I was a few weeks short of my 18th birthday at the time.

I am not suggesting that Hillary’s parents were that oppressive.. they were after all better educated than my mother and one would hope more enlightened.. but just that it was not normal at all for a young teenager.. especially a young woman.. to hold or express any political views differing from those of her parents.

it says a lot about her character that she chose to think for herself..

Humans process knowledge through experience.. and it is too easy to think that what you have experienced in your lifetime is the way it has always been.

I am very glad that is not true.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that a good number of the women who post here as democrats started their political lives as republicans.. in the late 60s…

most of us long before we could actually vote:)

Once Hillary adopted the democratic party, she was passionate about it… and has stayed committed and passionate her entire life.

So which should count more? A talking point based on youthful ignorance or a lifetime of committed work?

BTW.. how well does Senator Obama’s record of commitment to the democratic party stand up against hers… at what age did he become active? Whose campaigns did he work on? What shaped his political view?

I do know at least partial answers to some of those questions.. but i think it would be worthwhile if you are comparing records to look that info up for yourself…

[Anonymous]

*If you were as confident in his nomination as you sound, you would simply be waiting out the process… not continually rehashing old business.*

JoB, c’mon. Take some of the responsibility. When you re-entered the fray after an absence, this is how you began.

*What would all of you done for a campaign if you hadn’t had Hillary to bash?*

That, is nothing if not rehashing your viewpoint and then everyone responded and you act like you had no part of it.

[inactive]

Kimber5000

$29 a pair!!!!!!!! Are you kidding me????? !!!!!!!!

Yikes that’s robbery! So glad you were happy with Mrs. Kim though!

I’m just hoping I don’t have to go back to her to have all of my clothes let back OUT! Have you noticed how people around here talk about food and restaurants all of the time? Yikes.

;)

[JoB]

Walfredo…

LOL…those are all characteristics.. as you phrased them.. that you would find admirable in a male politician… and i would agree.. most politicians are at least borderline sociopaths:)

but.. let’s just test a bit of this..

ruthless ambition?

So.. please tell me what Obama has done to benefit the citizens of his state or of the United States while he has been pursuing his ruthless ambition?

because… funny enough… when you read people who have been associates of Obama’s and who do not support his presidency.. ruthless ambition is one of the phrases you often encounter:)

imagine that.. ruthless ambition in a politician;-)

[JoB]

trick..

it was a short nap because i was in too much pain to sleep… as cranky as i might be when i am in pain.. as long as i can string words and type. this distraction helps.

what i see clearly is that you are all afraid that Obama doesn’t have enough political clout to ride this out.

If you were as confident in his nomination as you sound, you would simply be waiting out the process… not continually rehashing old business.

None of the he said she said stuff really matters does it?

The democratic party didn’t think they would find themselves in this pickle… and now they are stuck with it. They can’t politically deny seating at the convention to two states… there is far more at stake than the nomination…

they never intended to.. the nominee was supposed to make the grand gesture and seat them after the party censured them.

how it is resolved will be a result of the political process that your candidate wants to lead.

If he doesn’t have the political power to lead his own party.. just how do you expect him to be effective as a president?

we have had a lot of ineffective presidents…

some of them with incredibly good ideas.. but no political power.

Hopefully, we will finally get to see Obama the politician in action…

I truly hope he wins my grudging respect.

[Kimber5000]

Thank you so much for the suggestions.

I ended up going to Ms. Kim, and she was amazing.

She did beautiful work, I got them back quickly and she only charged $8 per pair of pants. (compared to $29 a pair that I used to pay in Redmond).

I would suggest anyone who needs any type of garment work to go to Fits All / Ms. Kim.

Thank you!