From Broad to Dame, for the rest of her life.
By PaganPower on June 22, 2008 at 3:30 PM in Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton
Guest post by Regency
Cross posted at Pagan Power
There’s a point when a broad becomes a dame—and Hillary Clinton has just earned her shoulder pads.
She’d been anointed a broad some time ago by circumstances. She was fighting with the boys on their turf—the Presidency. She dug in her pumps and rolled up her sleeves to expose a designer watch and a diamond ring. Just like the men, she could wear her fortune like a uniform. She wasn’t afraid of money; she knew the good it could do. She said, “Yeah, I’ve got it, and now I wanna give some to you.”
She didn’t say this to the boys, mind you. She said it to the spectators, to the hoi polloi sitting in the nose bleed seats on high, or the ones with their noses pressed to the canvas, they were squeezed in around the ring so close. She wasn’t making her case to the referees, she was making it to the hard-working masses who came to the match every four years to watch. She was a petite broad in a suit, and she looked so out of place—but the words, the words were right.
Those sweaty-faced line-workers turned their strained ears on high and listened to the woman with the boys swinging punches at her like crazy, and missing. They listened and they felt that thing lost in hard times. They felt hope. They liked this sassy lady and her proud belly laugh. They liked that she wasn’t too fussy about a low-blow here and there. They liked that she didn’t talk down to them even though she stood on a platform. They liked her a little because she’d married a man with their roots. They liked her a lot because she’d chosen their roots for her own.
Well, that broad took off her designer coat and the boys realized that she was getting comfortable while they were getting worn-out. They didn’t like it, this “girl” in their territory. The disdain didn’t stem only from her sex, but from that realization that she was setting the bar, and that bar was climbing far too high for them to reach, even on the very tips of their toes. So, they did what animals do when their territory is threatened. They banded together—and they attacked.
Twelve long months of practice rounds went by, with the broad in question no worse for wear. The scoreboard—the polls—said that she remained lengths ahead of her competitors. Still, they swiped and dug. Like mad dogs, they snarled about her clothes and their mates sneered at her husband. Some outside commentators went so far as to attack her child. This broad, while a classy lady to be sure, wouldn’t take that lying down. She struck in earnest for the first time and landed a knockout punch.
The boys inside the ropes winced, imagining when that delicate fist would land them on the cement, and withdrew, cowed by the femme in fuchsia. She could win this. She could take them out. It made them uneasy, made some afraid. Most jumped ship. A single one stayed.
This one thought he had something. While the lady spoke knowingly to the citizens below wavering from the long wait—and laboring still under enormous strain—he had sauntered slyly to the referees. They were predisposed to the broad. She and they went way back. But it was a hard time in the world and it didn’t take more than a few dollars for the refs’ whistles to go silent at the most inopportune times. Sold out for a whisper and a payday.
Hillary Clinton never stood a chance. It was when she realized that, when she saw the referees and the coaches of her opponent smugly nodding as she went down, that she became a dame. She could’ve stayed down after the first big fight was lost. Iowa was a blow, and one could say it set the stage for the rest of the Shakespearean affair.
However, giving up wasn’t in the blood of the working-man that flowed through her veins. Her father hadn’t made her a trampled rose, but a resilient one. The count went to 3 and she got back up, dusted off her pantsuit, and put up her dukes. New Hampshire was her round and she took it to the mat.
Super Tuesday was a draw. He got up at the five-count, she got up at the seven—but she got up at all, and that made the difference. She fought her heart out in every match after that. Oh, you should’ve seen the March 4th round—it was beauty and history all made up in a bow. Rhode Island—sucker punch. Ohio—upper-cut. Texas—rock ‘em, sock ‘em right on the chin. He got a kidney shot in—Vermont. She smiled, bold and fearless, like the great dame that came before her, Joan Crawford. For all her backbone, there was a bit of vulnerability inside, but she’d be damned and buried before she let it be seen. That title belt was made for her. Should’ve been hers that day, but the refs—the refs said, “not enough” and made them go another round.
May 5th, she stood in North Carolina and held out her hands to the people that came to see her. She looked like a president standing on the back of that pick-up truck, more so, she looked like a champion. In her Carolina blue, pin-striped suit, she traded the mantle of dame for Southern belle and it looked good on her. She knew it was a match not made for her shelf, but she came for the hopeful. She came to see them, because they, in their lesser numbers, wanted her to be their broad. She came, she saw, she inspired. And that night, though there was foul after foul perpetrated against her, she walked away with another match. This one, Indiana.
About this time, the “little people” in the mud around the ring, began to notice something strange. They noticed how the other guy’s gloves were heavy, how they hung low. In spite of looking like a washed out has-been, he still swaggered around the ring and roared after countless beatings. Their populist dame looked radiant for her part. Instead of winding down, she was getting fired up. She was sweeping matches. The twinkle in her eye was not to be ignored, but they could not help but feel a slight catching in their breath whenever the referees made a call. The call was always wrong when it was their girl, but there was no call against the cool, young kid without a title worth having to his name. This was fixed, this was rigged. This was cheating.
Their mama told them, that if they had to cheat to win, they hadn’t won.
The lady with the blonde hair stood poised for the title belt. It was narrow and petite—just right for her. She won another match by miles—West Virginia. She smacked him down in Kentucky, splitting the day’s difference when the kid took Oregon. She beat him again in a foreign ring. Puerto Rico had bowed down before the impressive dama and raised a Presidente in a bottle in her honor. On the final night, a night that was promised to be devastating to her cause, she rose one last time to the challenge of the championship. She owed the folks in the cruddy seats, who had waited eight years to watch someone give a damn. She came to the fight and she showed her stripes. She walked away with half the victory that night.
The kid had the title belt bestowed upon him by the sponsors of the match as the refs stood proudly by. Well, not the title belt, but one of them. This one had a woman’s name on it and was made with a woman’s figure in mind. He’d get his later, at the big ceremony, months away. But for the moment, he looked a terrible fool in an arena filled with screaming aristocrats, holding a prize above his head inscribed with someone else’s name.
On another stage, in another town, a triumphant dame that used to be just a broad with an attitude stood with a microphone and raised her arms up high. There wasn’t a belt in those hands, but there was something greater: the prayers of an entire body of people—and their belief in her. Their votes, their cheers, had been the saber that knighted her and made her a royalty of her own lineage. Not because she was better than them, but because she was just like them.
She was their street fighter, their protector, their advocate, their tried and trusted friend. She was their choice, however overruled.
That kid was gonna have a mighty pair of shoulder pads to fill. He was a fading mimic, a weak copycat, so half-hearted in his efforts to imitate his better that he was hardly recognizable as her least fit twin. He’d bounced around the ring and talked a lot of trash while she’d kept mostly stationary and checked for weaknesses. She’d been too tasteful to hit him where it hurt, but do believe she knew where that would be.
Still does.
The dame lingers in graceful repose while the rookie flounders on his feet. She can wait. She will wait.
There’s still the coronation.
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Interesting development: Moveon DEMANDS that BO fillibuster FISA
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/who-owns-b0-moveon-demands-he-fillibuster-fisa/
Well, they can pout and stamp their feet. Too bad they didn’t figure out who they were endorsing before he sold them out. Some people just don’t see the handwriting.
*hehe…..This is not going to be fun for Obama.
!st and I am still in tears after reading this Grand Piece so true so true
thank you for the article it moved me to tears
hillary 08
or mccain
And me, my dear Regency!!! Tears, serious tears. Jeeeesus, you are wonderful. Not only can you write, really write but you know what to say. I mean you really know what to say.
You are very very good and equal to the Dame in reminding us of what is what. thank you.
I was looking at some of Hillary’s campaign photos from her website this morning and I suddenly had this empty feeling like I was looking at someone who THEY are still intent on destroying. I did not want to say that but better that I did because she is more alive and real than anything else out there and we just have to protect her and stand behind her as best we can in the same way she promised to stand with us. Her very presence is an insult to them and we know why, now don’t we?
(big sigh…) Thank you, Regency.
What a beautiful tribute to Hillary…I love your writings…thank you for doing such an excellent piece…it surly is appreciated…
If Obama’s so terrible, why’d Hillary endorse him?
No More Hillary Democrats!
It is amazing that people with so little intelligence still manage to turn on their computers, find the keys, and click “add comment.” Sorry that your parents couldn’t do a better job with keeping track of 28 days.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
that was sweet beebop
hey, but do you think it possible that the trolls are actually just machine generated? I mean they tend to make no sense. Just rambling, dumb
prattles. Could just be random machine farts.
ha ha ha ha beebop, That was spot on!
Seriously, you’re too stupid to figure that one out? You are new to politics aren’t you? Please don’t breed.
You are just too dense for words!
She keeps her promises.
At least Hillary Clinton respects women.
If you have to ask … (ditto) “please don’t breed”, thank you.
Gawd, are you simply lacking in intelligence or comprehension?
Hey Huh,
Why do Obamabots hate America?
You also play the race card. So can I ask you…
Why do you hate White people?
Just curious!
Did you say Whitey Hillary?
Just got back from my Bitter Catholic Church.
The priest warned the congregation about embracing radicalism as a cure for what ails them in their life. I looked around and you could see hundreds of people bobbing their heads.
I talked to some Obama supporters and all of them have switched to McCain as they are petrified at what Obama and his cult represents for America.
Talked to my Dad in Mass today. He says eveeryone is voting McCain. He doesn’t like any of the candidates.
PS …. FYI (huh) I’m a declared Independent for Hillary. You Obami folks don’t seem to realize HRC has a lot of support from Independent!! Now scurry back to your masters cave.
You should call yourself Duh .
Take out the garbage. Your parents are sick of supporting you.
junior,
put down the bong (obie won’t legalize it btw), when you get some intellect back, read something about politics besides obie talking points and troll commands, learn to think independently, and when/if you can do all that, go get a JOB!
paint the basement too. You have all summer.
because the coward needed her endorsement…and…she crossed her fingers when she gave the endorsement….get lost kid…go back to you sand box…
No More Hillary Democrats!
You’re so brilliant—NOT! This means your candidate will lose, because he can’t win without the largest voting block in the Democratic party.
you’re an idiot.
63% Say McCain Sees U.S. as Fair and Decent Society, 45% Say Obama Holds That View – Rasmussen Reports
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/63_say_mccain_sees_u_s_as_fair_and_decent_society_45_say_obama_holds_that_view
Gee, I wonder why. Maybe the American people are reading the comments made by his supporters.
Fellow friends of HRC, please keep in mind:
• If Hillary is shut out at the convention and does not run as an independent, think before you decide to write her name on the ballot. Writing her in on the November ballot might instead give your vote to Barack Obama (carefully check the regulations of the states).
• If Hillary is shut out at the convention and does not run as an independent,
try to find a way to make your vote count to keep Barack Obama out of office. While Obama supporters will try to label such action as “spite,” “spoiler,” and even, sadly, “racist,” such action will ensure that, while the country does not have the best person as POTUS, at least it won’t have the worst.
Again, please help Hillary Clinton retire her campaign debt with honor. Try to give up some small pleasure — a cup of coffee, an ice cream, a movie rental, a pack of butts, a cocktail, whatever — and contribute to this effort. Please don’t forget to contribute by writing a check to Hillary Clinton for President. Under law, money donated with checks made out this way cannot be used for any other purpose. Thanks for listening.
The ONLY way HIllary wins is to vote for McCain. A ‘protest’ vote or write in for Hillary will only be a “vote” for obamasshole. You Have to raise the numbers up for McCain. If McCain wins, Hill is there for 2012. If he loses, she is toast.
THAT’S RIGHT…If not Hillary, it must be McCain…
We don’t have a write in vote avaiable here.
McCain will be my answer to Barry.
There is an “INDEPENDENCE DAY” for Hillary. Please donate $20.00 to Hillary to retire her debt and remain independent and out of debt. We DO NOT want her to accept money from BO.
PLEASE forward this information so that as many people as posible can participate.
This was a magnigicent story – I miss Hillary!
Yes, it makes me wonder how many of those poor deluded, kool-aid drunken souls who voted for Precious on the first round, have now emerged from their stupor and are seeing Hillary in a new light…
Half his “votes” are stolen or contrived. He had a 2 to 1 plan to beat Hillary.
Her 18 million votes are alot less than what she actually got. Many of her votes were not counted and trashed or shut out.
Fun piece..thanks!
In response to Obama’s claim that Republicans will use race to stoke
fear, Lt. Col Allen West, candidate for Congress in Florida’s 22
District issued this release: (Clarice Feldman)
“My advice to Senator Obama is to run as a Man and Leader, and the
American people will evaluate you as such, not as a victim. This is a
Presidential race, based solely on a capacity to lead the United States
of America. It is not about skin tone…however, perhaps we should come
to expect these immature statements.
It also seems rather humorous that the Presidential candidate who was
supposed to be such a “uniter” and transcend race is the one talking
about it the most. If Senator Obama was confident in his abilities and
character, he would not need to create a crutch for failure. Senator
Obama has just tipped his hand, any criticism of him and his policies
will be directly attributed to racism. I congratulate Senator Obama for
taking race relations in America back some 30 years.” Lt. Col Allen West
Excellent comment by Lt. West!
Bravo!
But I’d say he’s taking it back about 50 years. Thirty years ago, we were at least beginning to make progress.
AMEN,
I am so everlastingly sick of Obama making race an issue. If I hear one more time about his skin color and “funny name” I am going to not only vote for McCain I am going to send him money and vote republican down ticket.
*If this is what my party wants they can have him, but I swear I am not going to stand for having my party taken over by this mob.
Guess what i saw in lifetime channel. The channel watched by mostly women.
I saw the arrogant Obama talking and asking people to visit mylifetime.com website.
This guess is too much. He is in such a huge hurry to become president.
We need to stop this please. Cannot have another Bush term.
Tell him to visit InYourDreams.com
LMAO Uppity!
LOL!! Or InOurNightmares.com
i will never support barack obama.
Excellent essay.
great read.All the money in the world will not replace the fighters will to win.
.
I love Hillary Clinton. McCain ‘08 and Hillary ‘12.
If Michelle Obama were a feminist, she would ask her husband to withdraw from the race. She would also ask her misogynistic husband to apologize to Alice Palmer, the popular female state Senator the sexist Obama removed from the ballot.
I assume Michelle hates women, as she remained silent then and now.
She hates everything and everyone…
she even hates herself and when God handed out smiling, he missed her or…or….she said, “no, don’t plan on doing much of that”
she has a face that would stop a clock…ugh!
I’m staring to think that Obama would be WORSE that even Bush has been. Media seems to be afraid to bring anything truth or negative cos they are to afraid of being labeled racist.
Where the hell are reporters like in movies for example “All the President’s Men” Redford and Hoffman were at their best during the 1970’s and their performances don’t disappoint. LoL
Imagine being a journalist today without a desktop computer, a lap top computer, email, and a cell phone
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward had the gumption to take on the establishment.
MEDIA ALERT
Can today’s mainstream media rise to the occasion and take on the challenge of sifting through the the scariness and shining light on the truth???
“Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward had the gumption to take on the establishment.”
This is not true.
Media establishment of 1972 was very different than the media establishment of today. For one thing liberals still had a voice. They mattered. They had power. Today true liberals are completely marginalized in the media. Faux liberals like Al Hunt fill in the liberal slot.
Today’s media establishment leans heavily to the right. The establishment is pro GOP.
It is wrong to claim Woodward/Bernstein “took on” the establishment. They were part of the establishment. It was justa more left leaning establishment.
Please let me second that. The BIGGEST difference was the independence and editorial honesty of the Washington Post and the New York Times. With the reality that they are now owned and controlled very tightly by corporate Amer and the bottom line (so very much more than in ‘72) the behaviors of these two once great papers are long gone IMHO. And correctly, they were the establishment, from within the establishment. Go read yourself a little Halberstam for background. I miss him not being here on this earth with us….
Hillary is the best and all the best people know it.
Great piece. Thanks.
From Broad to Dame to Madam President! We’ll wait for you Hillary! We love you!
PUMA
Hear hear. Very appreciative.
Does anyone have real news of Hillary other than the enforced appearances with Precious?
I found this by googling Hillary Clinton in the “news category) of google:
(begin quote)Clinton back in US Senate Tuesday: spokesman
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Senator Hillary Clinton will return to congressional politics this week before staging her first joint appearances with White House contender Barack Obama, a spokesman said Sunday.
Clinton’s Senate spokesman Philippe Reines said the New York senator would be in the chamber on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first time since losing to Obama in the Democratic presidential nominating race nearly three weeks ago.
In her first public speech since conceding, Clinton told a high-school graduating class in New York on Sunday that meeting thousands of people across the nation during her primary campaign had been an “extraordinary experience.”
“No one four years ago could have predicted that an African-American and a woman would have been competing for the presidency of the United States in 2008,” she said in a clip aired by NY1 television.
Clinton urged the graduating class, which included a longtime volunteer to her campaign, to use their “God-given talents and abilities” not only for themselves “but for all of us to make this world a better place.”
Reines confirmed also that Clinton would address the National Association of Latino Elected Officials in Washington Thursday. Hispanic voters formed one of the former first lady’s strongest blocs of support against Obama.
Later Thursday Clinton and Obama are to appear together at a private event to raise funds for the Illinois senator’s White House bid, Reines said, before appearing together in public Friday for the first time since Obama’s victory.
Details of Friday’s event are still awaited from the Obama campaign.
Clinton vowed to throw her full support behind the Democrats’ new standard-bearer when she stepped out of the race on June 7, ending her 17-month-long quest to become the nation’s first woman president.
The former rivals met privately at the Washington home of a fellow senator three days after Obama secured the Democratic nod on June 3, but Clinton has kept a low profile since the end of their historic nomination race.
Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, also returned to public life Sunday with a speech on climate change and energy efficiency to the United States Conference of Mayors in Miami.”(end quote
The return of the Clinton’s back into the public spotlight and to their professional resposibilities, demonstrates their integrity and honorable and upstanding commitment to the American people.
Something in short supply with the folks promoting the current puppet show.
thanks for this great piece.
Hillary is the best…and I will vote for McCain Only to keep Obo out of our WH.
a vote for McCain means Obo needs 2.
but, I’m still holding out for Hillary to be our nominee!
Hillary/McCain ‘08
I have no doubt that Hillary is tough. The problem with her for me is that I wouldn’t believe her if she told me what time of day it was. The ease and frequency with which both she and Bill lie is astounding.
So I assume you prefer the unqualified incompetent pathological liar named barack hussein obama? you are clearly in need of psychological help!
The ease and frequency with which you believe the lies Obama tells you is astounding… But not surprising.
You are truly deluded. Maybe there is a new medicine that you help you to remember all of Obama’s lies.
Hillary is tough and of much higher integrity than Barack Obama could ever be. She was not overwhelmingly reelected as a US Senator from New York without keeping some promises and keeping her word to millions of people. I challenge you to name five instances (other than the Bosnia kerfuffle that got magnified 100x over by the Obama campaign) over the period of the diary above when she knowingly lied or attempted to mislead. Dates and Sources please. I’ll match you one to one with an even worse error by Obama.
Obama lies daily. He not only lies, he lies after his signature is on something, and denies he signed it. Obama lies when he says he “pulled the wrong lever”. He lies when he says he “Passed a law” when all he did was vote for it and have his named added as as a “sponsor” along with a hundred other people. He lied about FISA. He lied about public financing. He lies about where his money comes from. He lies about lobbyists and big oil. He lies when he talks about Iraq. He lies when he talks about his friends and associates. He lied in his book, enought times for a Chicago reporter to fill up five pages. Obama is a serial liar and the Clintons could tell a lie a day and still not catch up to this disingenuous arrogant sack of crap.
Dan R
The problem for you is that you wouldn’t recognize the truth if it wacked you in the face.
Clinton Keeps Promise To Young Supporter Before Bronx Grads
http://www.wnbc.com/news/16679232/detail.html
On Fox news today … she seemed a little sad, or maybe I’m projecting. It was nice to see/hear her again since … well, you know.
She’s one strong classy lady.
That’s a treat, thanks for the wnbc link and Hillary’s remarks. She shows her class and that she keeps her word.
“Never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on!”
– Hillary Rodham Clinton, June 7th, 2008, Washington, D.C.
Great link Harp
http://www.obama-wire.com
Urgent Petition to Democratic Super Delegates Over 7000 and counting take a minute if you haven’t and Please Sign
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/supporthillary/
Off Topic: Tom Brokaw will take over as moderator on Meet the Press (according to NY Times) until after the election.
Who cares how good Hillary is, the fact is the party and most of its elected reps hate her guts and don’t want her and her husband around.
I also find it amusing that people think they can muscle the DNC into supporting Hillary over Bambi. When it was the DNC who made Bambi the heir apparent to begin with.
And given that the DNC will be wholly owned apparatus of ObamaInc by the time the convention rolls around, Hillary’s future political ambitions are DOA.
I disagree with your characterization that “most” of the party hates her guts. She had huge support from her party. However, we do know the power-player insiders who didn’t want her in the White House. Think it’s obvious why, too.
Her political aspirations may be on track in 4 years if McCain wins.
That would be just fine.
And those power insiders may get the boot.
That would be excellent.
I agree with AnninCA.
HRC has a lot of support within the DNC. Many that supported Obami had their arms twisted by the DNC fools for BOBO. Many MA voters will be voting NOKERRY this Fall. Fools like Kerry that didn’t support HRC even though she won MA big time will be at risk this FALL. Kerry is already tanking in the polls here.
MA voters fell for Gov. Patrick D. with his Hope and Change (take a chance on me) crap once. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. No thanks! Once is enough. I didn’t vote for Gov. PD, but my son (23 yr. old) did. He regrets it and voted for HRC in the MA primary.
She is in no way DOA!!
I love hearing that Kerry is tanking! *woohoo*
Please tell me, AnninCa, what you think about this. I really don’t understand why the DNC didn’t want HRC as the nominee. I supposed (1.) maybe it was because Obama’s big-money backers have plans that her solutions were not compatible with (e.g. nuclear industry wants a chunk of the energy future). Or (2.) that DNC, Pelosi, and Reid thougth she would not be as malleable a tool as Obama (to wit: FISA) (3.) They REALLY hate Bill Clinton — which I could never understand…
What do you think generated this pre-primary decision?
Yes, that was/is the plan. But they didn’t count on us. We were supposed to fall in line. If we do, then all will go according to plan. If we don’t, they might be in for a long election night. It’s up to us. They still need our votes. They would not be raising money, running ads, making speeches and appearing on programs like “The View” if they did not need our votes. And, apparently, they think we’re a cheap date. It’s up to us.
It is not in the best interest of any party unity to continue to make these blatent statements that are simply your candidate’s handlers’ wishful thinking. We are going to keep naming the game here and holding the “new kid on the block” to account in trying to accomplish a fraction of what Hillary Clinton has accomplished in public AND private life. Wait ’til he tries to get some of new “precious” ideas across to the vested interests. Money will not buy everything.
You haven’t been a politics junkie very long have you? It shows.
LOL! She only got 18,000,000 votes from people in the dem party that obviously DO LIKE HER. More votes than Yobama got
.
2 months to go before the convention. The DNC will probably stick with Obamba and go down with his sinking ship but just maybe the just say no revolt can save the day.
I just think it will send a very strong message to the Republicans to kick it up a notch. They can win.
From Lion King to possum king. LOL.
Wow Regency, I am not a broad or a dame but that was awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Sorry, this is off topic but hilarious. Moveon.org gave up their 527 status for undisclosed reasons and is now sponsoring bake sales. LOL LOL LOL How many bread sticks will it take to make up for Soros’ vanished dough. LOLOLOLOL
What’s the going rate for hopium brownies?
Another highly disengenuous move on their part. The PAC has apparently not been operative since 2005. Phony news release.
There is a link on here somewhere about the great petition drive they had to ensure that candidates would take federal campaign funds, though.
I can’t wait to see what happens when they “pressure” Obama on FISA. Suppose he’ll be missing in action?
Once again Regency, you go girl!
Reminds me of another “People’s champ.”
Obama’s campaign could raise money by selling cookies with his new logo on them. LOLOLOLOLOL
There’s a great post on ‘Post Secret’ regarding Hillary today!
If you’re not familiar with ‘Post Secret’…
It’s a site who, every Sunday, posts different secrets from people…who send in postcards.
Just scroll down:
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
Is that postsecret still going on? It’s been around a long time.
Any and everyone in their right mind knew Hillary Clinton was waiting in the wings to run in this election cycle. Several of the top authorities in the dem party began grooming their boy Obama not long after the 2004 election. They were prepared to defeat Clinton at all costs. They would defeat Clinton even if it meant installing a robot. However, I believe they have gotten something in Obama that even the groomers may now regret. I truely hope it cost each and every one of them their political careers and more.
Kerry is up for re-election in MA and he’s tanking in polls for what he did. So maybe we’ll see your hopes come to fruition here in MA. That would serve those myopic self serving butt heads right!
The language and imagery in this post is some of the best I’ve seen since early June (and even before, but there has been some wonderful writing here and elsewhere). I hope someone is “clipping” posts for Hillary and that she gets to see this one.
Great article!! Hillary is a fighter and I will never vote for Obama(despite what she says)…I will vote for her or McCain. We need her in this country, especially now. 2012 okay , if we have to but 2009 would be better. PUMA
NARL is begging for money today and has a goal to get 87 new members a week. At this rate it should take them 10+ years to acquire a new donor base. They should really collaborate with moveon.org about the cookie thing. LOLOLOL
Whas was that word, Michelle used…pathetic.
*haha…..cookies for abortion rights at my local store? That’ll be swell!
That is very good news. It appears women really are sending a message.
BRAVA!!! A WONDERFUL POST AND TERRIFIC TOPIC!
Thank you, Madame President.
That dame who leads America.
Obama offered New African American, and Arab Money it was all about the DOLLAR…Oprah money, Spike Lee. Russell Simmons, rappers, NBA stars, NFL players Rezko and Auchi Obama promise them dream of gat pockets and cash cows, In returned they had to sellout the Clinton’s and the American people. If they would have read Dream from my father they would have known it was all bullshit…..SUCKERS
“The ONLY way HIllary wins is to vote for McCain.”
I agree.
And the ONLY way Democratic Party wins is if McCain is elected President.
An Obama presidency would do serious damage to the Democratic party. It will turn the Democratic party into a coalition of african americans and liberal elites. It will vindicate the GOP caricature of Democrats as the chardonnet and brie set.
You don’t have to vote for McCain. You can in good conscience vote for Cynthia McKinney. Such a vote might send a message to the DNC that there are Democrats out there seriously willing to consider a third party.
But such a vote will help keep him out of the White House. A vote for Cynthia might make you feel good. but it won’t help stop Obama.
Please consider very carefully how to cast your vote in November.
To keep Barack Obama out of the White House, one must vote for the alternative candidate who has the best chance of winning the election, i.e. winning the required electoral votes.
I would worry that if we spread our protest votes beyond McCain, it will not help to defeat the choosen one.
From the Onion……..
“Seventy-six-year-old grandmother Anita Graney told reporters Monday that she was “overwhelmed with pride” for having lived to see the first viable female presidential candidate in the nation’s history so successfully run into the ground by vicious media attacks and hubristic, arrogant miscalculations. “Hillary [Clinton] showed America that a woman can be politically destroyed just as completely and heartbreakingly as any man,” said Graney, a lifelong feminist. “What an amazing example for today’s young women who aspire to fail spectacularly at the highest levels.” Graney expressed hope that one of her granddaughters might someday be the first woman to get utterly eviscerated in a nationwide general election.”
I figure it’s time we move to laughing a little bit. Might as well.
There’s an old saying. A lot of truth is spoken in jest.
Come on! This is just not fair. This piece is just too good for words.
“She owed the folks in the cruddy seats, who had waited eight years to watch someone give a damn.”
Yes. I waited to see someone give a damn. She gave more than a damn, though, she gave so much more.
Regency- your writing is incredible. I am still in tears.
Thank you!
http://www.wnbc.com/news/16679232/detail.html
In case you want to SEE HER again. I miss her.
Thank you for writing this beautiful article. I keep remembering a rally in North Carolina. There was a hundred year old black woman Hillary invited onto the stage because she had something to say. It’s hard to paint a picture of this with words, but the woman told her she knew Hillary had been through a lot of hard times because she had watched her for years. She wanted to tell Hillary she was “polished gold”.
How could anyone miss the glow. I think we watched someone evolving into a beauty and serenity her opponent couldn’t touch. It must have been maddening to him he was never able to knock her out and he was diminished by his attacks. Maybe it even deranged him a little. Maybe that is why the media attacks have never stopped.
Her last speech was better than anything he could equal. I know she is supposed to campaign with him this month and I wonder if his supporters will try to drown her out with their boos this time?
I grew up in a time when little girls were told that they couldn’t be President of the United States. Now, little girls can be whatever they want to be.
“For everyone here in Ohio and across America who’s ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, and for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up, this one is for you.”—Hillary Clinton
She’s my hero(ine).
Wow. Loved this article. It move me to tears. I too have occassionally visited the “old” Hillary site, before it was taken over by the trolls…and man, it looks nothing like our Hill site. I too, will NEVER vote for this racist, elitist, totally inexperienced, “typical” politician NoBama who is starting to make Bush look tolerable. Unbelievable. Hillary has such class, intelligence and strength and I can only hope she forgives all the idiots who stabbed her in the back for a “piece” of HYPE. Wait 4 years, after McCain, the maverick, does his best, and then go for it girl! Our PUMA, JustSayNoDeal groups are already positioning to get you in as our next President. Barry, his lies, corruption and racism will bring him down, deep, this Nov. so be patient Hillary, we have got your backs. We also know you said you would campaign for the Precious, but give a wink now and then to let us know, what we know. It’s the classic “Patty Hearst” effect. Gun-at-your-back, brainwashed, help-us-rob-the-bank or your family gets it routine. God speed Senator Clinton and Senator MCain. NOBAMA. Keep the CHange!
Hillary is simply the best! She is truly a role model for all of us. Never giving up and holding her head high.
I have not seen anyone make this point but I think it is a valid one. If you do not want to vote for Obama but are reluctant to vote for McCain and decide to just not vote – this may turn into a vote for Obama anyway.
Remember the DNC assumed many of the folks in FL and MI that decided to stay home were really voting for Obama.
What’s not to say that come election day, those lovely independent ballot workers don’t take it upon themselves to just fill in a few blanks of the folks who stay home and make their vote count for Obama.
With all the media stories about Michelle on The View. Oh, she doesn’t wear nylons or a slip. Oh, she shops at off the rack stores. Come on!
Where was the equal media coverage of Cindy McCain? Where was she last week? VIETNAM folks! What is she doing there? Helping children. She is actively involved with Smile Train and HALO.
What is our possible first lady Michelle Obama doing for charity? Selling dresses!
Cindy was so taken by a little girl with a cleft palate that she adopted her – this little girl was from Bangladesh.
She’s got grit, and she’s cute and girly too. Poor Baracak may have ‘won’ the DNC, but Hillary’s won the hearts and minds. It’ll be sad to see him lose the GE and pretend it’s about racism. He has one excuse, for all his shortcomings. Sad.
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