The Clintons, Dubai and Tax Returns
As you probably know Hillary is refusing to release her tax returns until she is damn good and ready to let us see them. The Wall Street Journal brings up some interesting questions about Bill & Hillary Clinton's finances which might be answered if we got to see her 2006 returns. My personal favorite is this one:
The Senator has had her own success, earning more than $5 million for her "Living History" memoir. But the real income source has been the former President, who has been giving $450,000 speeches, and in general parlaying his political fame into personal riches.Mr. Clinton is now trying to unwind a business relationship with billionaire pal Ron Burkle. This deal made him a partner -- along with the ruler of Dubai -- in the Yucaipa Global Fund. How much did Mr. Clinton earn from a partnership with men whose business interests might be affected by the policy actions of a President Hillary Clinton? The Clintons and their accountant know, but the public doesn't.
Dubai? Hillary threw a fit when she found out the ruler of Dubai might be controlling security at our ports. This is part of a statement she released along with Senator Menedez:
The announcement by Dubai Ports World that it will complete the acquisition of operations at six U.S. ports tomorrow but delay control does nothing to alleviate the responsibility of the Bush administration and Congress to block this deal from moving forward. We have a responsibility to examine the troubling facts surrounding this transaction and the broader question that underlies it: Is it in the national security interest of this country to turn over control of critical security assets to a foreign nation?The answer is no.
The Bush administration has ducked this debate by disingenuously claiming that there is no difference between the current port operator, a British company, and Dubai Ports World, which is owned by the government of Dubai. But that claim is simply wrong on its face. There is a vast difference between a publicly traded foreign company that answers to shareholders and a state-owned one that answers to a foreign government.
Publicly traded companies exist for one reason, to make money for their shareholders. And every action they take is designed to further that goal.
Nations, however, act for a variety of reasons - in some cases to make money through state-owned companies, and in other cases to project power, secure strategic interests or defend their own borders.
I hope to see that she and Bill divested from Yucaipa Global Fund since such a business relationship might allow the ruler of Dubai to project power or secure strategic interests with an influential couple who wants to reside in the WH once more. I guess we will find out when Hillary's CPA gets his copier fixed sometime before April 15th and runs off some copies of her tax return.
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Obama just annouced that he raised $55,000,000 in February.
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)He spent a lot of it last week, though, so I am curious whether his COH figures are that impressive. Hillary is at $7M this month, which is a good pace, but not Obama-February good.
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| parent )I mean, given the fact that Hillary has to release her tax return before April 15, what benefit is there for Obama to keep hammering this theme? We'll know one way or the other before the PA primary starts, and if there is something negative in HRC's taxes, you can bet the press and the Obama camp will pick it up at that time. Obama stands to win WY & MS handily no matter what happens in the next few days.
I can't see any gain for Obama in making an issue out of this right now. The best case scenario would be that he prepared the ground for a scandal, but that's hardly necessary. It just feels all wrong to me.
Or am I just confused? Is there a way for HRC to delay releasing any tax info until the general election? I'm not clear on the rules and I can't find a good explanation.
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)When this arose, HIllary maintained she would released her tax returns during a general election, as she felt it was not necessary or customary to do so during a primary. (Wolfson made this statement on her behalf as recently as February 8.) So let's get that out of the way first. The only reason she is considering releasing the returns on April 15th is because people complained about her refusal to do so in the first place.
Again. She had no plans to release them during the primary campaign until this became an issue. So whatever hammering she received this far has been worth it.
At this point, I suppose, it's a matter of trust. The Pennsylvania primary is on the 22nd. My guess is that HIllary feels it will be a lot tougher to feel the pain of the economically disadvantaged when they get a look at both how much money she's got and how she/they got it. It's about appearances more than any specific malfeasance -- tho' I wouldn't put that past them either. Remember, the Clintons like to live on the edge, politically and in their financial dealings. They're enjoying the Rezko scandal right now. The last thing they want to do is have that spotlight turn in their direction.
Back to trust. What if Hillary announces, with the same aw-shucks wonder she utilized in the last debate, that gosh darn, it turns out that due to paperwork problems, the tax stuff just isn't ready yet. And hey, every American can understand that. This tax stuff can take time.
So. One more time. She's already tried to delay the release until the general. I remain unconvinced that, without her back to the wall, she will do it any earlier than planned.
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| parent )It's a lot clearer now, and I can rest a lot easier. Thanks.
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| parent )It doesn't matter what Obama uses to attack Hillary but it is important that he does go on the attack. One thing we should have all learned from the Bushies is that the truth really doesn't matter. If people think Hillary is hiding her tax return because she has something to hide then that perception becomes reality. In fact, Hillary used that exact tactic against her 2000 Senate opponent.
IMO, it is time to get ruthless with Hillary. She decided that the "kitchen sink" rules were in effect so the time for policy discussions is over.
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Me? I'd like Congress to pass a law that requires FULL disclosure of money paid for Presidential libraries. Names and amounts. Democrats and Republicans. No exceptions.
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)Hillary has been claiming that her husband didn't have the 1992 Democratic nomination rapped up until June 1992. The New York Times did some digging and it turns out Hillary's memory is faulty again. FTA:
Hillary sure is forgetful. She can't remember that her husband had an "expereience gap" when he ran for Prez in 1992, she can't remember that she pilloried her 2000 Senate opponent for not releasing his tax return, and now she can't remember that Bill's nomination race was wrapped up two months after the Iowa Caucus. Her Alberto Gonzales like ability to forget things is pretty impressive. I guess that is a quality that a successful politician needs.
(h/t The Carpetbagger Report)
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)I thought these exchanges in dealing with Obama's Rezko problem interesting:
Even IF there is no wrongdoing in a legal sense, tell me why on earth a famous politician would consort with a man like this — known at the time about to be indicted by Fitzgerald — and do a clearly cozy real estate deal?
Why? Oh, because Obama exercised that stellar judgment he’s always bragging about.
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)Becomes reason to reject claims about his judgement generally? Cripes. If a single mistake was all it took, Hillary wouldn't be allowed in the primaries.
I'm not sure why, but you're getting very bendy in your attempts to take shots at Obama. You like the Kitchen Sink, yes? No?
I woulda guessed 'no.'
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| parent )It looks like both of the Democrats are scum bags who would get in bed with some shady characters to make a buck. Do we want that kind of person in the White House? At least John McCain's Keating Five "scandal" was investigated by a Democratic ethics panel and he was found not to have done anything illegal.
See how this works? Do you still want to condone Hillary's kitchen sink approach? She lost the nomination, it was close, but the only person who benefits from continuing her campaign for the WH is Hillary. An in-party knife fight does no one any good.
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| parent )quoting the notoriously addled WSJ editorial page to make your point against Clinton? Do you remember the 90s? Why not start quoting World Net Daily?
Look, you guys are going to have to face the fact that approx. 50% of Democratic voters in the primaries voted for Hillary Clinton. The way that you say you won't vote for Clinton? Keep this up and her supporters will feel the same way about Obama. That will allow the Republicans to laugh and skip merrily all the way to November. Think about what you're doing.
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)Here's the Chicago Tribune, if that makes you feel better. Traveller makes the point that all this vetting is good becuz he wants to know if Obama has a glass jaw. Fair enuf. But why give the Clintons, who have a history of, uhm, creative dealings, a pass when it comes to the tax return? Particularly when she was able to loan her own campaign five million dollars.
Transparency is important for both candidates. And while it's not hard to figure HIllary's play -- they're going to hold the tax returns as long as possible, hoping to have the nomination by then, in which case any criticism becomes part of the VRWC -- that doesn't mean we have to accept it.
Trickster wants Rezko to be a major part of this campaign? Okay. But what's good for the goose is good for the rabid badger.
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| parent )instead of issues and qualifications. Math, that's a winning issue, too.
I think most folks whose cheeks aren't flecked with foam are willing to give her a pass on releasing her tax returns at least until April 15th, since I seem to vaguely recall that there is some provision in federal law about not having to do your taxes before then. If I were in your shoes, I would leave this alone until that date has come and gone.
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| parent )The filing deadline for the 2006 Federal Form 1040, with all applicable extensions was October 15, 2007. It is a cheap political trick to assume that only the 2007 tax return will do. I heard one of Hillary's minions make the same argument on Chris Matthews show yesterday.
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| parent )for his Presidential library.
If POTUS Hillary decides to JDAM or Tomahawk some rebels threatening those Canadian leased uranium mines in Kazakhstan, it would be nice to be able to connect the dots.
That said, knowing who is buying Dubya a zillion dollar building for his coloring books would be a nice bonus.
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| parent )Damn. My irony meter just exploded. Cuz Hillary's all about issues and qualifications. And godknows you are.
Oh wait. You've never posted anything substantive about why Hillary should be President. You've done your best to 'savage' Obama -- Clinton Rules! -- but see, that's not the same thing.
Does it make me like Ken Starr to point this out?
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| parent )You keep hitting me with that quote, but your Irony Detector must be busted really badly. My criticisms of Obama have about 1% of the venom of your criticisms of Clinton.
I mean, really man, headlining multiple posts with "rabid badger"? And as I think you know, that's only the tippity-tippy-top of the iceberg of nasty things you have called her.
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| parent )There's only one thing to do! Waterboard Hillary until she tells us whats on the tax returns.
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| parent )I said I wouldn't vote for Clinton and would leave the party if she is nominated without having the lead in pledged delegates. Surely you see the difference there.
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| parent )From one of the commenters at TPM, the morning after the primaries:
I think one thing is clear this far into the Democratic primary race: Both Obama's and Clinton's supporters must now drop out of the race.
Heh. Believe it or not, I know how he/she feels.
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| parent )I blame it all on the Internet
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| parent )I didn't spend the last eight years being pissed off at the scumbag tactics of Dubya and his merry band of morons just to condone that kind of behavior when my side does it. I would rather wait another four years and elect a President I respect that vote for more of the same.
Also, there is smoke here. If Bill & Hill are in on this Dubai thing to the tune of $25 million and that is why she hasn't released her taxes then that it would be better to get it out in the open before the nomination is made. Otherwise, Hillary is just hiding something until the votes have spoken and we do anything to reverse the decision. That is a pure scumbag tactic.
If Clinton supporters are so upset about Obama's Rezko deal then they should be mortified that our future President is in business with the Sheik of Dubai.
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| parent )she's into Dubai for millions, yet still screams when they try to get the port contract. Wheres the quid for the pro quo? Wouldn't you expect her to welcome the ports contract?
A lot of this could only be solved by prohibiting wealthy people from running. Ain't gonna happen. As I recall the norm is for tax returns to get released in the general, not the primaries. McCain hasn't released his either.
I'm telling you, if you start down the WSJ/WorldNet path, there's no going back. Those guys will print anything, sourced or not sourced, true or not true.
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| parent )I am quite sure she would screw over the Emir of Dubai or a classroom full or 2nd graders if it served her purposes. She has no problem torpedoing the Obama campaign to get what she wants.
Obama released his tax returns last April. As Bill White mentioned in a few comments already, Hillary was jumping up and down about her 2000 Senate opponent's decision not to release his returns. When it suits her it is suddenly not that important to release her tax returns. One of many reason why I don't have any respect for the woman.
I know that and I don't care at this point. Team Clinton drew first blood. If this is the kind of game they want then in the immoral words of George W. Bush, I say, "bring it on".
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| parent )That's what bothers me. You're making this an emotional issue. You're not alone in this, either.
You don't see me ripping into Obama or his supporters, or Clinton or her supporters. I know what the actual goal is, and I'm not going to be distracted by primary infighting to the point that I lose sight of November.
People here have attacked Clinton for a variety of reasons, some valid but mostly for what appear to be emotional tantrums. When I see people saying that they'd rather vote for McCain, I have to conclude that this is really all about righteous indignation and feeling good about yourself. That's not how politics works, ever.
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| parent )...not what happens in November. It is what happens starting in January 2009. The very last thing I want is four more years of the Bush Administration's win at all costs mentality. It was quite a shock for me to realize, about a week ago, that Hillary Clinton, and not John McCain, is more likely to continue that destructive way of thinking.
Say what you will about John McCain but he is no George Bush. McCain works with the other side to get things done. I don't agree with the guy on many things but he deserves a lot of credit for crossing the aisle to effect change. I respect that about him.
Hillary, OTOH, doesn't care what she has to do to win. I don't want that. It isn't good for the country. Our nation is fighting two wars and needs to fix health care and immigration. We can't address those issues properly if we aren't willing to talk to the other side of the political aisle. Hillary's attitude is just going to polarize the country even more.
It is an emotional issue for me. Our country deserves better leaders than we have had for most of my lifetime and Hillary will be more of the same. So, to sum up, I would rather have someone different in the WH than a Democrat in the WH.
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| parent )but I think you are being quite naive and foolish. McCain is not a maverick straight talker, he picks and chooses his positions very carefully just like any other politician. He's lionized by the press, just as Clinton is savaged. If you think that horrible financial policies, horrible Supreme Court justices, horrible military policies and horrible social policies are worth putting up with because you don't feel that Clinton is sufficiently idealistic, you may as well plan on Republican presidencies as far as the eye can see. Bush isn't uniquely evil (although he is uniquely incompetent). Obama isn't uniquely good. They are all politicians, and you settle for the best you can.
Am I the only one to see it this way? I see that Pranky agreed with me, but is everyone else letting their emotion and idealism drive them crazy?
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| parent )I know that makes sense from where you're sit'n, but when your own views of all those evil wepublicans are… well, a little naïve and foolish, with a bit of emotion and idealism tossed in…
…well, maybe you could see it looks a little different from where I'm sit'n.
;-)
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| parent )if I was sitting in my Swarovski diamond encrusted executive chair and looking over plans to expand the slave's quarters, I'm sure I would see things differently.
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| parent )Typical liberal muddled thinking...
Why would anyone *expand* the slave's quarters?
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| parent )If you want to call me naive and foolish and then imply that my emotions and idealism has driven me crazy then maybe you you are the one who is being a bit too emotional here. Just FYI.
In regard to your other comments:
The Dems will control Congress in 2008, if my instincts about McCain turn out to be wrong he won't be able to as much damage as you fear. Also, if you think Hillary is going to be able to anything then please explain to me how she is going to get passed the Republicans in Congress. They hate her guts and they thrive when they are in the minority. As a general rule the R's can't govern for sh!t but they are experts at causing problems.
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| parent )is the Democrats tearing themselves to shreds and paving the way for another 4 years of Republican presidential screw ups. It doesn't have to be that way. I see enough inane stuff on other blogs, I was hoping that people here would be a little more far sighted.
I don't "like" either candidate and I don't "dislike" either candidate. I will vote for either one in the fall. There are bigger issues at stake here. Every time I see a Democrat saying "McCain isn't so bad" I see the same dynamics that led to Bush in the first place, and I'm guessing with the same results.
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| parent )...whose site loads ten times faster than ours does, is reminded of an old Dylan line when it comes to Obama fundraising...
"And here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice."
Heh.
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| parent )has an annual hosting/development budget in the vicinity of $20,000. if I recall correctly from his last fundraiser. It may even be higher now that he's at the Atlantic. If you're willing to pledge those kinds of funds, I'll be happy to guarantee a faster site.
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| parent )I'm with you all the way! Well, at least, until your numbers tank...
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| parent )At least until he explains to me why it takes my browser twice as long to get to a new page here than it does nearly anywhere else. Political Wire. Boom, there it is. Andrew Sullivan? Boom, there it is.
I can hardly wait to answer Trickster's latest comment? Pfffft, there it isn't, now wait for it, almost there, still loading, there it is.
Why is that? Anyone?
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| parent )If you want it faster, he'll have to upgrade to a duo or quad hamster server. The little guy is spinning that wheel as fast as he can on the meager rations donations allow Hank to feed him.
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| parent )To think is not enough; you must think of something -- Jules Renard
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| parent )and I will be looking into a different hosting company when our time is up - mid-October as I recall. We should also be on Drupal 6 by then, which appears to be significantly faster than the current version. Unfortunately, that will be right at the height of the election, and the site will probably be down for a day or two. I'm not sure how well that would go over.
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| parent )It is the duty of idealists to make the pragmatist pay a dear price for their timidity to dream.
They also will vote McCain if Hillary is nominated.
But what I see is scorched earth tactics by the Obamamniacs...Hillary must drop out or we're taking all our marbles and going home!
Wa-wa.
Let's see how this plays out is all I'm sayin`
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| parent )All I ask is this: please do not lose sight of the fact that this is a primary election, and that the candidate who has more pledged delegates at the Convention should be the nominee.
If it turns out otherwise, I'm done with the Democratic Party. I'd have a hard time understanding how they'd even deserve the name.
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| parent )...of Dubya. I just will not do it. If that makes me an idealist or a crybaby then so be it.
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| parent )stop buying into Republican propaganda. Just because they'll say anything to support Bush and denigrate Clinton doesn't mean you have to as well.
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| parent )My Ahab-like crusade against Hillary only started last week and it has more to do with her tactics against Obama then it does with Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, cow futures, Vince Foster or any of the other myriad scandals the Clintons have bravely soldiered through during the last 25 years.
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| parent )...for who she is, her lousy track record as an administrator, and the manner in which she represents the old ways of doing things for the Party?
Because I was strongly against Hillary before being strongly against Hillary was cool.
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| parent )A commitment to transparency is the issue, here.
Merely "not illegal" is not sufficient.
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| parent )Transparency doesn't count with the Clintons becuz everyone was so mean to them in the 90s. Now I wasn't all that mean, in fact I spent several years defending them on an almost daily basis. But apparently everybody else was so we're not allowed to ask questions like that now.
Because then we're exactly like Ken Starr.
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| parent )...I'm becoming so irritated at the over-heated anti-Hillary rhetoric that I'm tending against him lately.
If he has a glass jaw, I want to know that NOW.
Best Wishes, Traveller
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| parent )For a HIllary supporter, but how does this work for you? There is a difference between vetting your nominee and trying to destroy his general election viability. I'm convinced you're aware of this.
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| parent )Only if the Clintons were complete idiots would they have anything scandalous in their tax returns. They're not complete idiots.
Their reluctance is probably a simple matter of not wanting to look "too rich".
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)But try and convince Harley before he breaks out the festooning gear!
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| parent )Only a pathological liar would tell Edmund Hillary she was named after him. It's a small thing, tiny. But revealing nonetheless. Only a complete idiot would bone an intern in the White House. And yet...
It's not about scandal in the sense you mean. It's about selling yourself to the highest bidder and pretending otherwise.
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The bottom line, here:
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)...what is wrong with this picture?
Everything Hillary does is motivated by Machiavellian need and malign purpose...while Obama, the Black Jesus, is touched by the Saints in Heaven...
Don't you know?
Some of us aren't buying the tainted fruit you're selling.
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| parent )speaking about Clinton's tax returns:
Here is Howard Wolfson during the Lazio race:
Why is it wrong to point out the inconsistency here?
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| parent )...By God, that Hillary! How low will she slink into the slime?
I mean will she be quoting the good 'ol Wall Street Journal and carrying their water because, hey man, it's heavy? Pounding Democrats is hard work!
Someone's gotta help out.
And after complaining about Hillary tactics which to many seem soft ball indeed...let's go her one better by a magnitude of 10x.
Jeeze, can't you guys take the high road? This whining and harping is becoming embarrassing...to the party.
More importantly, to your Candidate.
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I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."
Traveller
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)If we have to bash Hillary to pieces in order to make the super delegates so afraid of her that they nominate Obama then the ends justify the means. Why is that tactic OK for Hillary but it not OK for Obama?
--But she's a queen, and such are queens
that your laughter is sucked in their brains. -D. Bowie
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| parent )bursts the bubble and Obama becomes a politician just like any other rather than the candidate of Change.
It's like Mr Integrity Straight Talk Express having to answer for this or this.
I would imagine that there have been some heated discussions inside BHO HQ regarding which way to play the game.
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| parent )79% of the pledged delegates have been won or lost already. Who besides Hillary and McCain does it help to knock Obama down a peg at this late juncture in the process?
--But she's a queen, and such are queens
that your laughter is sucked in their brains. -D. Bowie
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| parent )the delegates are free to change their mind at any time
--“Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.”
John F. Kennedy
January 20, 1961
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| parent )Get the leaders they deserve. At some point you have to take a stand. Other than "Oh How Piquant I Can Be!"
It ain't enough, Traveller. The stakes are too high for tangents and airy pretense. Seriously. Give it some thought.
--To think is not enough; you must think of something -- Jules Renard
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| parent )But Crane is one of my favorite old poets. And fiction-writers, too. The good die young. . . .
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| parent )His bio has a segment of him in the press gaggle following Teddy's Rough Riders in a famous hill charge. Crane rode his horse up on the ridgeline and sat there with German mauser rounds cutting the air around him. "The Open Boat" is based on Crane's real experience as a shipwrecked Cuban "filibuster" (gun runner). He's in many ways the beginning of gonzo journalism and the live-dangerously school of American letters. A Hemingway prototype.
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. -JH
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| parent )Traveller
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| parent )but not yet paid. At least that is my take.
--“Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.”
John F. Kennedy
January 20, 1961
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)This paragraph was revealing:
More evidence of the Clinton's hypocrisy. Bill& Hillary are quite all right doing business with Dubai when they make 25 million bucks but when Dubai might have control over our ports the Clintons are outraged.
--But she's a queen, and such are queens
that your laughter is sucked in their brains. -D. Bowie
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