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By BOB HERBERT- NY Times
May 10, 2008
The Clintons have never understood
how to exit the stage gracefully.
Their repertoire has always been defi-
cient in grace and class. So there was
Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asser-
ting to USA Today that she was the
May 10, 2008
The Clintons have never understood
how to exit the stage gracefully.
Their repertoire has always been defi-
cient in grace and class. So there was
Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asser-
ting to USA Today that she was the
candidate favored by “hard-working Americans, white Ameri-
cans,” and that her opponent, Barack Obama, the black candi-
date, just can’t cut it with that crowd.
“There’s a pattern emerging here,” said Mrs. Clinton.
There is, indeed. There was a name for it when the Repub-
licans were using that kind of lousy rhetoric to good effect: it
was called the Southern strategy, although it was hardly limi-
ted to the South. Now the Clintons, in their desperation to
find some way — any way — back to the White House,
have leapt aboard that sorry train.
He can’t win! Don’t you understand? He’s black! He’s black!
The Clintons have been trying to embed that gruesomely des-
tructive message in the brains of white voters and superdele-
gates for the longest time. It’s a grotesque insult to African-
Americans, who have given so much support to both Bill and
Hillary over the years.
(Representative Charles Rangel of New York, who is black
and has been an absolutely unwavering supporter of Senator
Clinton’s White House quest, told The Daily News: “I can’t
believe Senator Clinton would say anything that dumb.”)
But it’s an insult to white voters as well, including white
working-class voters. It’s true that there are some whites
who will not vote for a black candidate under any
circumstance. But the United States is in a much better place.
Richard Nixon, George Wallace and many others could make
political hay---using the kind of poisonous rhetoric that
Senator Clinton is using now.
The last Clinton big exit came in two words, "Monica Lewin-
sky". Huge scandal erupted when it became known that Mrs.
Clinton’s brothers, Tony and Hugh Rodham, had lobbied the
president on behalf of criminals who then received presiden-
tial pardons or a sentence commutation from Mr. Clinton.
Hugh Rodham was paid $400,000 to lobby for a pardon of
Almon Glenn Braswell, convicted of mail fraud and perjury,
and the release from prison of Carlos Vignali, a drug traffic-
ker, convicted on selling 800lbs. of cocaine. Clinton's last
hours in office were but a blizzard of controversial pardons.
Both Clintons professed to be ignorant of anything improper
or untoward regarding the pardons. Once, when asked speci-
fically if she had talked with a deputy White House counsel
about pardons, Mrs. Clinton said: “People would hand me
envelopes. I would just pass them on. I would not have any
cans,” and that her opponent, Barack Obama, the black candi-
date, just can’t cut it with that crowd.
“There’s a pattern emerging here,” said Mrs. Clinton.
There is, indeed. There was a name for it when the Repub-
licans were using that kind of lousy rhetoric to good effect: it
was called the Southern strategy, although it was hardly limi-
ted to the South. Now the Clintons, in their desperation to
find some way — any way — back to the White House,
have leapt aboard that sorry train.
He can’t win! Don’t you understand? He’s black! He’s black!
The Clintons have been trying to embed that gruesomely des-
tructive message in the brains of white voters and superdele-
gates for the longest time. It’s a grotesque insult to African-
Americans, who have given so much support to both Bill and
Hillary over the years.
(Representative Charles Rangel of New York, who is black
and has been an absolutely unwavering supporter of Senator
Clinton’s White House quest, told The Daily News: “I can’t
believe Senator Clinton would say anything that dumb.”)
But it’s an insult to white voters as well, including white
working-class voters. It’s true that there are some whites
who will not vote for a black candidate under any
circumstance. But the United States is in a much better place.
Richard Nixon, George Wallace and many others could make
political hay---using the kind of poisonous rhetoric that
Senator Clinton is using now.
The last Clinton big exit came in two words, "Monica Lewin-
sky". Huge scandal erupted when it became known that Mrs.
Clinton’s brothers, Tony and Hugh Rodham, had lobbied the
president on behalf of criminals who then received presiden-
tial pardons or a sentence commutation from Mr. Clinton.
Hugh Rodham was paid $400,000 to lobby for a pardon of
Almon Glenn Braswell, convicted of mail fraud and perjury,
and the release from prison of Carlos Vignali, a drug traffic-
ker, convicted on selling 800lbs. of cocaine. Clinton's last
hours in office were but a blizzard of controversial pardons.
Both Clintons professed to be ignorant of anything improper
or untoward regarding the pardons. Once, when asked speci-
fically if she had talked with a deputy White House counsel
about pardons, Mrs. Clinton said: “People would hand me
envelopes. I would just pass them on. I would not have any
any reason to look into them."You know, I would not have any reason
to look into them.”
It wasn’t just the pardons that sullied the Clintons’ exit from the White
House. They took furniture and rugs from the White House collection
that had to be returned. And they received $86,000 in gifts during the
president’s last year in office, including clothing (a pantsuit, a leather
jacket), flatware, carpeting, and so on. In response to the outcry over
that, they decided to repay the value of the gifts.
So class is not a Clinton forte.
But it’s one thing to lack class and a sense of grace, quite another to deli-
berately try and wreck the presidential prospects of your party’s likely
nominee — and to do it in a way that has the potential to undermine the
substantial racial progress that has been made in this country over many
years.
The Clintons should be ashamed of themselves. But they long ago
proved to the world that they have no shame.
to look into them.”
It wasn’t just the pardons that sullied the Clintons’ exit from the White
House. They took furniture and rugs from the White House collection
that had to be returned. And they received $86,000 in gifts during the
president’s last year in office, including clothing (a pantsuit, a leather
jacket), flatware, carpeting, and so on. In response to the outcry over
that, they decided to repay the value of the gifts.
So class is not a Clinton forte.
But it’s one thing to lack class and a sense of grace, quite another to deli-
berately try and wreck the presidential prospects of your party’s likely
nominee — and to do it in a way that has the potential to undermine the
substantial racial progress that has been made in this country over many
years.
The Clintons should be ashamed of themselves. But they long ago
proved to the world that they have no shame.
Seeds of Destruction
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By Andrew A. Buerger-Publisher Baltimore
Jewish Times, May 2, 2008
As do many people these days, I found myself
debating presidential politics with a friend I hadn’
t seen in years. I took advantage of her because I
know she is a big George W. Bush supporter, and
that, for me, was like a shark smelling a drop of
blood. ever. I guess the pro-Israel president had a
few moments between mountain bike rides. It’s
Jewish Times, May 2, 2008
As do many people these days, I found myself
debating presidential politics with a friend I hadn’
t seen in years. I took advantage of her because I
know she is a big George W. Bush supporter, and
that, for me, was like a shark smelling a drop of
blood. ever. I guess the pro-Israel president had a
few moments between mountain bike rides. It’s
It’s a shame that he couldn’t have used his time more wisely, like for
shuttling back and forth to Israel to help stop the barrage of missiles
raining on Ashkelon and Sderot. Bush II may not have let Arafat sleep
in the Lincoln Bedroom. Nor did Mrs. Bush bear-hug Arafat’s wife; and
he certainly didn’t write a book titled “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”
But in the end, the president has made no progress in the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, leaving the centuries-old battle for yet another
American president. Yes, W’s been loyal to Israel, but sometimes
loyalty isn’t enough.
Many faulted the Clintons for literally embracing the Arafats and for
micro-managing the Middle East situation. But you also have to credit
Bill with the positive accord with Jordan, which is an economic boon to
Israel, and for establishing a better relationship with what is now the
Palestinian Authority.
Carter brokered the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt and this is
partially responsible for Israel’s strength today.
What this means is that, despite differing approaches––President
Clinton's street maps of Jerusalem forged an agreement, though Bush
neglected it---Israel is still a strong country with terrible neighbors, and
America is still Israel’s best friend.
Israel celebrates her 60th birthday this week. And for almost every one
of those years, Israel had a friend in the White House, even in the most
unlikely of residents. No matter which candidate becomes president
elect---the U.S. will be at Israel’s side from day one, weathering our
our crisis, 60 years our friend.
shuttling back and forth to Israel to help stop the barrage of missiles
raining on Ashkelon and Sderot. Bush II may not have let Arafat sleep
in the Lincoln Bedroom. Nor did Mrs. Bush bear-hug Arafat’s wife; and
he certainly didn’t write a book titled “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”
But in the end, the president has made no progress in the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, leaving the centuries-old battle for yet another
American president. Yes, W’s been loyal to Israel, but sometimes
loyalty isn’t enough.
Many faulted the Clintons for literally embracing the Arafats and for
micro-managing the Middle East situation. But you also have to credit
Bill with the positive accord with Jordan, which is an economic boon to
Israel, and for establishing a better relationship with what is now the
Palestinian Authority.
Carter brokered the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt and this is
partially responsible for Israel’s strength today.
What this means is that, despite differing approaches––President
Clinton's street maps of Jerusalem forged an agreement, though Bush
neglected it---Israel is still a strong country with terrible neighbors, and
America is still Israel’s best friend.
Israel celebrates her 60th birthday this week. And for almost every one
of those years, Israel had a friend in the White House, even in the most
unlikely of residents. No matter which candidate becomes president
elect---the U.S. will be at Israel’s side from day one, weathering our
our crisis, 60 years our friend.
Deal or No Deal
Still, the situation is unlikely to change because no one has a solution for
the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate.
Just as crucial, all three will be friends of Israel and implement their own
vision for a lasting peace for the Jewish state and in the end, the reality
will be the same as our lame duck president appearing on “Deal Or No
Deal.” When it comes to peace it will be: No Deal.
There will be life after the “most pro-Israel president ever.” We should
celebrate Israel’s 60th with confidence knowing that the most powerful
nation on earth has had a good friend in the United States. Our next presi-
dent will stamp that tradition with his or her own strategy.
the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate.
Just as crucial, all three will be friends of Israel and implement their own
vision for a lasting peace for the Jewish state and in the end, the reality
will be the same as our lame duck president appearing on “Deal Or No
Deal.” When it comes to peace it will be: No Deal.
There will be life after the “most pro-Israel president ever.” We should
celebrate Israel’s 60th with confidence knowing that the most powerful
nation on earth has had a good friend in the United States. Our next presi-
dent will stamp that tradition with his or her own strategy.
What's on the table? And no
side of crap---no truly, fore-
side of crap---no truly, fore-
go the crap and in
any run for president.
any run for president.
By Rana Edwards, Publisher FaithWalksOnWater
Magazine Online - D.C.
Magazine Online - D.C.
After Clinton won Pennsylvania, her campaign was rid-
dled with with seemingly endless refrains, "about who
dled with with seemingly endless refrains, "about who
Ergo---let us start this grassroots platform, by which to elect
presidents, congress, and thereby also---the institution of our
judiciary.
Point A: The two party system has been only been for some
of the people---all of the time; and consequently, what the U.S.
suffers in its governance and thus its populace in end
results---literally is the grave and detrimental result of "a house
divided".
I'm getting ready to prophesy here and get ready---I bring it
home. Set aside "church and state" for a moment, open the
season's mind, eye, and ear's door. Look outside into America.
The two party system---by it's very institution has wrought
but "a long train of abuses" and in order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice in the absolute (address this race mat-
ter as "no deals on the crime trip"---whether Caucasian,
Black, Hispanic---pay in time and if they offer up evidence on
biggies, well good then; consequences are consequences, aka,
PC caning), thus to insure domestic tranquility, to provide for
the common defence, and promote general welfare....
"Securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves and thus poster-
ity to ordain, begins with us". "We the people".
Hence U.S. course of events---long since necessitating dissolve
of the long trains of abuses, destructive toward the aforemen-
tioned chief ends; and yet "loose consent rose from the govern-
ed". Ah! Oh! Umm. Aghast are you? Look outside again.
The two-party system rose, because "50 states were not a un-
ion" and reconstruction lead to emergence, which made the
U.S. the super power it is. Yet in government's
course---though our democracy is still the best on global
tables---the two party sys- tem is divisive and House
principles and organization, "for all of the people all of the
time" has been reduced to and treated as light and transient
causes, to address in "another time or year".
Who's existence is greater than any other? Street cleaners are
needed everywhere and all the time. When do 50 united states
need to vote by division---for a democracy built for "all of the
people"?
The system is almost perfect---except for this: contests for
presidential seat, the House, and Representatives should be
without declarations as Dem. or Rep.
Ergo---instead, "choose which soul within each state" is stron-
est to work cohesively on matters domestic and foreign---to
ensure 50 parts rise, serving the whole and vice-versa.
Yet as history's experience "hath shewn"---no new world order
ever rose when mankind disposes itself to suffer, than to right
---by right and duty, to provide new guards for future security.
Let us be candid indeed. To be Dem. or Rep. is a 2-party sys-
tem, self-made as one connected political band---as one assum-
ed power functionally separate from, "we the people".
Hence constitutionally--by the very Declaration of Indepen-
dence itself---as it is written, "Whenever any form of govern-
ment becomes destructive toward the chief ends of this coun-
try's democracy founded upon Life, Liberty, Happiness, Equ-
ality, and Equal Justice---it is the right of the people to alter or
abolish such government and institute new Government."
Point B: Look outside, into America again and take stock of
the aforementioned truths, we all hold self-evident.
I reiterate: our political contests must vacate the two-party
system and any vote "for all of the people, all of the time"
should rise by representation of mind and will to ensure noth-
ing less than this solid ground, toward a more perfect union.
presidents, congress, and thereby also---the institution of our
judiciary.
Point A: The two party system has been only been for some
of the people---all of the time; and consequently, what the U.S.
suffers in its governance and thus its populace in end
results---literally is the grave and detrimental result of "a house
divided".
I'm getting ready to prophesy here and get ready---I bring it
home. Set aside "church and state" for a moment, open the
season's mind, eye, and ear's door. Look outside into America.
The two party system---by it's very institution has wrought
but "a long train of abuses" and in order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice in the absolute (address this race mat-
ter as "no deals on the crime trip"---whether Caucasian,
Black, Hispanic---pay in time and if they offer up evidence on
biggies, well good then; consequences are consequences, aka,
PC caning), thus to insure domestic tranquility, to provide for
the common defence, and promote general welfare....
"Securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves and thus poster-
ity to ordain, begins with us". "We the people".
Hence U.S. course of events---long since necessitating dissolve
of the long trains of abuses, destructive toward the aforemen-
tioned chief ends; and yet "loose consent rose from the govern-
ed". Ah! Oh! Umm. Aghast are you? Look outside again.
The two-party system rose, because "50 states were not a un-
ion" and reconstruction lead to emergence, which made the
U.S. the super power it is. Yet in government's
course---though our democracy is still the best on global
tables---the two party sys- tem is divisive and House
principles and organization, "for all of the people all of the
time" has been reduced to and treated as light and transient
causes, to address in "another time or year".
Who's existence is greater than any other? Street cleaners are
needed everywhere and all the time. When do 50 united states
need to vote by division---for a democracy built for "all of the
people"?
The system is almost perfect---except for this: contests for
presidential seat, the House, and Representatives should be
without declarations as Dem. or Rep.
Ergo---instead, "choose which soul within each state" is stron-
est to work cohesively on matters domestic and foreign---to
ensure 50 parts rise, serving the whole and vice-versa.
Yet as history's experience "hath shewn"---no new world order
ever rose when mankind disposes itself to suffer, than to right
---by right and duty, to provide new guards for future security.
Let us be candid indeed. To be Dem. or Rep. is a 2-party sys-
tem, self-made as one connected political band---as one assum-
ed power functionally separate from, "we the people".
Hence constitutionally--by the very Declaration of Indepen-
dence itself---as it is written, "Whenever any form of govern-
ment becomes destructive toward the chief ends of this coun-
try's democracy founded upon Life, Liberty, Happiness, Equ-
ality, and Equal Justice---it is the right of the people to alter or
abolish such government and institute new Government."
Point B: Look outside, into America again and take stock of
the aforementioned truths, we all hold self-evident.
I reiterate: our political contests must vacate the two-party
system and any vote "for all of the people, all of the time"
should rise by representation of mind and will to ensure noth-
ing less than this solid ground, toward a more perfect union.
said PA, let alone the chief", being an unlikley win.
In the 29 years I've been able to vote---I never have. I firmly believe "recon-
struction" should have ended the two party need---ergo a "chief end to poli-
tical the bull", which neither side's voters have been able to eliminate; and
thus until ---government is truly for all the people, all of the time---I never
will.
Yet to coin a phrase from Tavis Smiley, "this much I know for sure".
Whether you're down and out or counted as much as such---I can't put much
stalk in "come-back-I'm-presidential-material-campaign-statements"---as
with Clinton before and after PA. Her speeches are littered with "who said
she wouldn't and how it was intimated that she couldn't".
Further: any one campaign stop is but wha', 2 hour stops? And so began
Clinton on the decades of railroad fare, i.e.,"backbone-gut strength is let
them say what they want and thereafter---"contender" resigns to old game,
no substantive weight, sounds like empty promises, promises, promises for
the gaping wounds in America.
So who'll pay the price for her ticket ride on the sounds-like same ole', cen-
turies old, political express? In the pressure cooker, Clinton ushers forth
the Hill's game. Namely us. U.S., lives. Take my word for it---though I don't
vote, I haven't been wrong about those who deliver and those who can't.
Clinton can't deliver and will not deliver. Red flags increasingly emerge, as
to whether or not her she is truly "presidential material".
The enormity of running a whole country, working within its co-joining
parts, and all in the course of satisfying a pluralistic populace in this race, in
this very time, in U.S. history necessitates "we the people" not settle for
less than drastic change and necessary change in the absolute.
Clinton is not concrete material. Concrete cannot waver and concrete must
withstand all pressure points. The presidential seat is made of concrete.
The junior senator from NY only has political strengths in what makes for
House material and yet note, primarily, addressing federal level issues. Only
her NY constituents can truly and definitively speak on how well Clinton
brings home their bacon.
The presidential seat is the foundation of the U.S., and that seat necessitates
concrete material. Each person who sits there must bring, what builds upon
U.S. strengths; eliminate what need not be; and ensure well---what should
exist, whether foreign or domestic.
So let us consider the 10th power of the people---being those rights not con-
stitutionally delegated to government nor constitutionally prohibiting the
States---are reserved to the people.
Preface: when the race is on---I want only want to hear what's at the table,
solution, and severity of sacrifices---if any are necessary. What's passed is
past and what's past has passed.
A change must occur and we the people can no longer wait. Change must
occur before even "going green" dribbles down to "yeah I know, but tax
dollars and etc., etc."
In the 29 years I've been able to vote---I never have. I firmly believe "recon-
struction" should have ended the two party need---ergo a "chief end to poli-
tical the bull", which neither side's voters have been able to eliminate; and
thus until ---government is truly for all the people, all of the time---I never
will.
Yet to coin a phrase from Tavis Smiley, "this much I know for sure".
Whether you're down and out or counted as much as such---I can't put much
stalk in "come-back-I'm-presidential-material-campaign-statements"---as
with Clinton before and after PA. Her speeches are littered with "who said
she wouldn't and how it was intimated that she couldn't".
Further: any one campaign stop is but wha', 2 hour stops? And so began
Clinton on the decades of railroad fare, i.e.,"backbone-gut strength is let
them say what they want and thereafter---"contender" resigns to old game,
no substantive weight, sounds like empty promises, promises, promises for
the gaping wounds in America.
So who'll pay the price for her ticket ride on the sounds-like same ole', cen-
turies old, political express? In the pressure cooker, Clinton ushers forth
the Hill's game. Namely us. U.S., lives. Take my word for it---though I don't
vote, I haven't been wrong about those who deliver and those who can't.
Clinton can't deliver and will not deliver. Red flags increasingly emerge, as
to whether or not her she is truly "presidential material".
The enormity of running a whole country, working within its co-joining
parts, and all in the course of satisfying a pluralistic populace in this race, in
this very time, in U.S. history necessitates "we the people" not settle for
less than drastic change and necessary change in the absolute.
Clinton is not concrete material. Concrete cannot waver and concrete must
withstand all pressure points. The presidential seat is made of concrete.
The junior senator from NY only has political strengths in what makes for
House material and yet note, primarily, addressing federal level issues. Only
her NY constituents can truly and definitively speak on how well Clinton
brings home their bacon.
The presidential seat is the foundation of the U.S., and that seat necessitates
concrete material. Each person who sits there must bring, what builds upon
U.S. strengths; eliminate what need not be; and ensure well---what should
exist, whether foreign or domestic.
So let us consider the 10th power of the people---being those rights not con-
stitutionally delegated to government nor constitutionally prohibiting the
States---are reserved to the people.
Preface: when the race is on---I want only want to hear what's at the table,
solution, and severity of sacrifices---if any are necessary. What's passed is
past and what's past has passed.
A change must occur and we the people can no longer wait. Change must
occur before even "going green" dribbles down to "yeah I know, but tax
dollars and etc., etc."
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