John Edwards has Hard Balls (VIDEO)
Posted by Parker V on March 19, 2007 under Election 08, Humor, Video | 
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The Edwards’ on Hardball with Chris Mathews.
Obama & Hillary in Selma (VIDEO)
Posted by Parker V on March 13, 2007 under Democrat, Election 08, Video | Be the First to Comment
Hillary commemorated the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.
While Hillary Rodham Clinton came out second best to Barack Obama in their long-range oratorical duel at Selma, Ala., the real problem with her visit there a week ago concerned her March 4 speech’s claim of her attachment to Martin Luther King Jr. as a high school student in 1963. How, then, could she be a “Goldwater girl” in the next year’s presidential election?
The incompatibility of those two positions of 40 years ago was noted to me by Democratic old-timers who were shocked by Sen. Clinton’s temerity in pursuing her presidential candidacy. Barry Goldwater’s opposition to the 1964 voting rights bill was not incidental to his run for the White House but an integral element of conscious departure from Republican tradition that contributed to his disastrous performance.
Of course, no political candidate should have to explain inconsistencies of her high school days. What Hillary Clinton said at Selma is significant because it betrays her campaign’s panicky reaction to the unexpected rise of Sen. Obama as a serious competitor for the Democratic nomination.
The Clinton game plan for returning to the White House reflected tactics used in 2000 when she parachuted into New York to tie up campaign money, secure support from important Democrats and discourage potential opponents for the nomination. It seemed to be working on the national scene, discouraging longtime presidential aspirants. Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack dropped out, and Democrats who dared to run were being snowed under by the Clinton tide.
Also, according to a reader of ours; Hillary took the passage in Galatians out of context when she quoted Galatians 6:9 in the closing part of her speech at First Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama:
“And we know — we know — we know, if we finish this march, what awaits us? St. Paul told us, in the letter to the Galatians, “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due seasons we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.”
What St. Paul actually said at the beginning of the paragraph in Galatians 6:7 is
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”
Obama:
Current status of 08 Prez Cans
Posted by Parker V on March 4, 2007 under Democrat, Election 08, Republican | Be the First to Comment
Democrats
1. Senator Hillary Clinton. Exploratory committee. (Steady)
2. Senator Barack Obama. Announced. (Rising in polls and due to attention from Hollywood)
3. Ex-Senator John Edwards. Announced. (Falling)
4. Governor Bill Richardson. Exploratory committee. (Rising due to experience and positive reaction to his speeches)
5. Senator Joe Biden. Announced. (Falling as he campaigned in the past few weeks and received little attention)
6. Senator Chris Dodd. Announced. (Steady)
7. General Wesley Clark. Considering a run. (Falling due to zero campaign activity)
8. Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Announced. (Steady)
9. Reverand Al Sharpton. Considering a run. (Falling due to zero campaign activity)
10. Ex-Senator Mike Gravel. Announced. (Rising due to involvement in Democratic forums).
Republicans
1. Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Announced. (Rising after holding a large lead over McCain).
2. Senator John McCain. Announced. (Falling due to lowsy performance on Letterman, and monumentally stupid move of not speaking at CPAC. His victory in the SC straw poll may help him a little bit, but unlikely to change his downhill trend).
3. Ex-Governor Mitt Romney. Announced. (Falling due to YouTube videos of his flip-flops. Will he go down as the first YouTube casualty?)
4. Ex-Congressman Newt Gingrich. Considering a run. (Rising due to his continued strong polling and media visibility)
5. Congressman Duncan Hunter. Announced. (Rising due to SC straw poll and conservative credentials)
6. Senator Sam Brownback. Announced. (Falling due to amnesty position, lack of charisma, and opposition to Iraq strategy)
7. Ex-Governor Mike Huckabee. Exploratory committee. (Falling due to rise of Hunter, failure to gain traction)
8. Congressman Tom Tancredo. Exploratory committee. (Falling due to rise of Hunter, failure to gain traction)
9. Ex-Governor Tommy Thompson. Exploratory committee. (Falling due to rise of Hunter and Gilmore).
10. Ex-Governor Jim Gilmore. Exploratory committee. (Rising due to speech at CPAC, new web site)
11. Michael Savage. Considering a run. (Falling due to virtually no media coverage of his considering of a run).
12. Senator Chuck Hagel. Considering a run. (Steady)
12. Ex-Governor George Pataki. Considering a run. (Falling, unlikely to run).