http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFOOcEQtP0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHq3avztIFg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXR2wBcLIM

I saw this today. These locusts will be quite happy with McCain or Clinton

Mark Penn’s lobbying shop is headed by John McCain’s top adviser

Hillary Clinton’s chief strategist is Mark Penn, and Charlie Black, John McCain’s top adviser, is chairman of BKSH, the DC-based lobbying subsidiary of Burson-Marsteller — of which Mark Penn is CEO.

Yes, this is the same lobbyist Barack Obama was referring to when he criticized John McCain for allowing lobbyists to conduct their business on board his bus.

BKSH is a bipartisan lobbying firm. Black, the chairman is the top Republican. The top Democrat is R. Scott Pastrick, who like Penn, supports Hillary Clinton.

Mark Penn’s personal interests would clearly be best served by a Hillary Clinton victory.

A McCain presidency wouldn’t be a bad consolation prize, however. It would be far better to have the head of his lobbying be tight with the president than to have a president like Obama who sought to impose new restrictions on his lobbyist operation.

Burson-Marsteller’s work is primarily for corporations, ranging from Blackwater to Microsoft to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of the government of Abu Dhabi that recently purchased a 5% stake in Citigroup.

As Ari Berman’s Hillary, Inc. details, there’s every reason to be skeptical of Mark Penn’s willingness to help Democrats. He’s criticized Al Gore for running to far to the left in 2000 and when he was brought into the Clinton’s orbit by Dick Morris, he wasn’t even a political operative.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/24/14518/2213/544/463202

(And I have so much research and writing to do / please don’t make me keep debating this with you. Your posts are VERY welcome here / your insults of me [and Lisa, a longtime friend who is as fair-minded but hip person as you'll meet] are unfair, and it has to stop. PLEASE help let me do my job by not continuing to fight about this. This is the part of having a blog that is a total drag — having to spend big chunks of time on administrative stuff that should not be required.)

You mean to tell me that a Harvard attorney and his attorney wife would be unable to get his name changed if he didn’ like it?

You don’t want the truth. You’re an enabler.

All that from his name? I think people bring their own prejudices and craziness to things.

I wonder how you would do on a Rorschach Test? Would you read some racist conspiracy into it?

You are lumping all people with Arabic names into associates of Saddam Hussein. Don’t put your weird shit off on me.

[ADMIN NOTE BY SUSANUNPC: Mike, the argument is concluded. We won't use that here. Let the Free Republic people do that kind of stuff. I enjoy your comments here very much, Mike, but we can be critical without getting into a name that he didn't choose and which his parents could have never foreseen would have someday been awkward for him.]

Teak,

Yep. And he will. Don’t you think for a minute that Hillary doesn’t have others of his mindset supporting, donating to and advising her.

They hate Obama and have made no secret of it as Larry (or Susan) has proven by making us aware of their accusations.

You spout a great deal of high minded nonsense. As I’ve said, the plan that is eventually passed and signed into law will not resemble anything we see today.

The larger picture is that you are running a Obama hit job column with a rule or ruin attitude. Hillary is queen and Obama is evil on almost every issue? Please .. look in the mirror.

Obama has ties to Tony Rezko, who may have terrorist ties, certainly to Auchi.

Why don’t you explore that charge, before you try spinning?

It’s not going away, the ideal goal is to see Obama in prison.

They say Gov Blogojevich is Fitzgerald’s ultimate target, I wonder if there are others?

Daily is SO corrupt, and Obama, and the Arab community he associates with are a large part of Daley’s posse.

As far as I know, I have no criminal ties to terrorists, even looking in the mirror…

The Farrakhan connection IS creepy. But trying to fuel fears of some kind of hidden Muslim conspiracy starts going to Islamofascist-Nazi land, and I’ve had enough of that with the last 7 years of Bush and his neocons.

The truth is difficult, but men in power do bad things, sometimes, and if you want to stop it, you have to face it, and deal with it, and them.

He is a wolf in sheeps clothing. He will destroy all we have worked for

Obama?

No, he is owned, like Bush.

But rather than lead America, it will always be a case of minimizing the damage.

And we’ve had enough of that, let’s get someone in who can lead, who isn’t owned by K-Street, and others.

Hillary packed the house and once in side we heard that people kept coming and the line kept growing.I heard later that many thought close to 4000 showed up to get into an auditorium that held only 700 people.

The crowd was made up of no nonsense working class women, men and young Americans. These folks are the backbone of our nation, the salt of the earth crowd. The folks who try to work hard, pay their bills and taxes, serve in the military and have lost tens of thousands of jobs to U.S. companies going overseas. As I talked with many of the Hillary supporters they expressed enthusiasm for what many believe to be a historic moment for women and a critical moment for our country. I talked with GM workers, Teamsters, teachers, lots and lots of older women and men who felt that Hillary had worked hard for this opportunity and had the wisdom and experience to take on this important job. At one point Hillary said to the crowd to think about this election not so much as a “vote but that they had to hire the most qualified and tested person” for this job. At that point the crowd exploded into another chorus of “Hillary Hillary Hillary” I heard many folks say that they “trusted” and admired Hillary. I heard repeatedly that they “trusted” that she could clean up the health care mess that many find themselves in and that she understood deeply how to work in a bi-partisan way to get the job done. I heard many people use the word “trust” in regard to Hillary. Many also said that they liked the idea that our nation would get two highly qualified leaders for the price one.

Hillary spoke about Health care, equity in education, taking care of our Vets, getting out of Iraq, smart trade, creating jobs, freezing mortgage rates etc etc. She had strong words for the “shameless” tactics being used by the Obama campaign in spreading “misleading and discredited” information on her stance on health care and Nafta. She referred to herself as the “change maker” The crowd’s calls for “Hillary Hillary, Hillary” were thunderous and rocked the gym.

The enthusiasm was infectious especially coming from women older than me ( 55) who really wanted to witness a highly qualified and experienced public servant become President of the U.S. Many older women began to cry when she was speaking, this was very moving.

Even after all of this I continue to be on the fence about Hillary. Especially when Hillary referred to the “war in Afghanistan” and how “no one gets away with attacking the U.S.” Come on Hillary most people know that 15 of the individuals who rammed U.S. planes into the world trade centers were from Saudi Arabia. We certainly did not invade Saudi Arabia. This statement had me reflecting on my many conversations with my friend from Afghanistan who has shared that many Afghani’s feel that their country is being occupied by the U.S. and that we have failed miserably there. (increase in poppy production and the power of the Taliban on the rise) It made me feel once again that Hillary underestimates the intellect of the working class. I really think that Obama’s message of diplomacy and using new strategies internationally resonate with all sorts of folks who are tired of this aggressive “we’re number one” strategy.

Anyway …I do think Hillary is going to sweep Ohio up. I continue to hear many of my 50 something friends say that they are committed to Hillary.

Another observation…I was sitting in a front row and watched the national press corp. From what I witnessed I did not see them interview or interact with one local Dayton citizens. Tired of hearing what they think…INTERVIEW THE LOCALS!

A Tip…Hillary should walk over to the older folks first after her speeches. Those who are so anxious to meet her and may not be around for the next election. They were sitting right in front of Hillary along with many handicapped people.

Its just a game to them..like the Cold war was.. and Con game with Iraq..

With consequnce, though, even for them.

Bill Kristol was on Fox, today, telling Hillary to use fear to puncture Obama’s hope meme, and that’s nonsense.

It is not good for any of us to live in a perpetually frightened America — fear does not innovate, bottom line, and without innovation, we’re dead meat. See Bush v B. Clinton, economic development.

And it is THAT intellecutalism, innovation, that keeps us ahead of others, keeps defense strong, and it must be based on truth.

But I guess game playing makes world situations more palatable, it’s difficult thinking, for them, I suppose, one fuck up can mean Russia owning the Middle East, or prison, for others.

So, turn it into football.

Where the Hell is Elliot Ness when you need him the Most

The Farrakhan connection IS creepy. But trying to fuel fears of some kind of hidden Muslim conspiracy starts going to Islamofascist-Nazi land, and I’ve had enough of that with the last 7 years of Bush and his neocons.

will be more sympathetic to his agenda than the alternatives.

What is his AGENDA?
Do you play chess Cee? Your opponents pieces are just as valuable to you as your own.
This endorsement has zero to do with Hillary and everything to do with whatever his diabolical agenda is…which at a minimum is to get inside a “decision cycle” and manipulate it.
Would you fire a weapon or use a parachute that was loaded/packed by someone you did not trust? I think not.

I think those that do blindly follow jeopordize the true left

Less about left and right, more about criminal.

And criminal in this case is both democratic, and republican.

As are the non-criminal.

Sure he is.

Clinton Wins Coveted Bill Kristol Endorsement
07 Aug 2007 10:17 am

According to The Washington Post, he says “Obama is becoming the antiwar candidate, and Hillary Clinton is becoming the responsible Democrat who could become commander in chief in a post-9/11 world.” One can try to speculate that Kristol is playing some odd angles here, but I think the record indicates that he’s genuinely more committed to war — criticized Republican critics of the Kosovo War, criticized Bill Clinton for not killing enough people during the Kosovo War, backed John McCain in the 2000 primaries — and based on the evidence thinks Clinton will be more sympathetic to his agenda than the alternatives.

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/clinton_wins_coveted_bill_kris.php