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TheMercenary 06-10-2007 08:39 AM

Hitlery setting the standards for her run to the White House
 
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010187
This Just Makes Us Cry
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has tapped Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Florida Democrat, as a "national campaign co-chair," the campaign announced yesterday:

Rep. Hastings said, "When we elect the next President Clinton, this country will be a much better place for the African-American community, Floridians and all Americans." . . .

"I am delighted that Debbie and Alcee will take on leadership roles in my campaign," [Mrs.] Clinton said. "With their help, we will bring our message of change throughout Florida and across the country."

Who is Alcee Hastings? Ed Morrissey reminds us:

Hastings got appointed to the federal bench by Jimmy Carter in 1979. In less than two years, he got indicted for soliciting a bribe in an FBI sting. In 1983, he won an acquittal, but a subsequent House investigation found that he had committed perjury in that trial. The House Judiciary Committee authorized a whopping seventeen counts for impeachment against Hastings in 1988. . . .

Now Hillary has embraced Hastings, and indeed has made the former perjurer and corrupt judge as her campaign's national representative. She says that with Hastings' help, her "message of change" will get rolled across the country. The message is that the Clinton campaign has its own idea about the culture of corruption--they want to pursue it.

We're so disillusioned. We really thought the Democrats were going to be different!

piercehawkeye45 06-10-2007 09:22 AM

The only people that will change anything from the Democratic Party will be Kucinich or Gravel and neither of them will get elected.

I can stand Obama and Edwards but Clinton can't even have consistent bullshit.

TheMercenary 06-10-2007 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 (Post 353094)
The only people that will change anything from the Democratic Party will be Kucinich or Gravel and neither of them will get elected.

I can stand Obama and Edwards but Clinton can't even have consistent bullshit.

I am not sure I trust anyone in govenment anymore. It is all about power. And like you said, the one's that are remotely trustworthy are not electable, for many reasons.

glatt 06-10-2007 11:08 AM

According to Godwin's law, you killed your own thread in the title.

TheMercenary 06-10-2007 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 353105)
According to Godwin's law, you killed your own thread in the title.

According to my law I expressed an opinion.

xoxoxoBruce 06-10-2007 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 353083)
snip~We're so disillusioned. We really thought the Democrats were going to be different!

Spare me the croc-o-shit... uh, dile, that's it, crocodile tears.

TheMercenary 06-10-2007 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 353124)
Spare me the croc-o-shit... uh, dile, that's it, crocodile tears.

I am pretty sure they said it with sarcasm noting the exclaimation mark.

Flint 06-10-2007 09:23 PM

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We really thought the Democrats were going to be different!
Don't you get it? It's the corrupt Republicans who are the problem!

TheMercenary 06-10-2007 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint (Post 353199)
Don't you get it? It's the corrupt Republicans who are the problem!

Sorry bub, there is very little difference between the two groups.

Flint 06-10-2007 09:41 PM

No, no, see, you're not getting it... it's the corrupt bad guys that are the problem, not the corrupt good guys . . . see?
I...uh...I had a link somewhere that explains this better. About the thing where the one guys are super-evil and the other guys aren't.

TheMercenary 06-10-2007 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint (Post 353209)
No, no, see, you're not getting it... it's the corrupt bad guys that are the problem, not the corrupt good guys . . . see?

Oh please, I can give you a laundry list of corruptness for the 8 years before Bush and it nearly matches in frequency. One group of corrupt politico's is not better than the other. The last thing I want is another group of Lawyers in the WH.

Flint 06-10-2007 09:50 PM

No, no, see... why aren't you understanding this? See, there's the good guys, and then there's the other ones. They do everything bad. The other ones are always, always bad. The good guys are never bad, ever. Only bad people vote for the bad guys, or stupid people, or they've been brainwashed, it could also be that.

Clodfobble 06-10-2007 10:09 PM

Or they're SHEEPLE! Don't you love that word? I do!

Flint 06-10-2007 10:12 PM

You know what sheeple have in common? They're always getting fucked! . . . :sheep:

Urbane Guerrilla 06-11-2007 02:13 AM

... in that more or less traditional sport of politicians...

...the sheeplechase!

Everything old is new again.


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