Clinton staffer resigns after Obama-attack blunder

I hope this is a wake up that it is not good to do anything to win at any cost...

This is insane. He stated the obvious. The Republicans will chew Obama up on this and on stuff he hasn't even done. They don't care about hurting poor little Obama's feelings. They made a war hero look like a coward the last time -- and won -- remember?

Republicans have been bashing Hillary during this campaign and for over decade and a half and still she polls strongly against any of them. They haven't even mentioned Obama or Edwards, yet they aren't doing much better than Hillary against them.

Are Democrats really willing to bet either Edwards or Obama will be polling as strongly against Republicans in November '08 if they've been subjected to the same lies, innuendo, and slime they've thrown at Hillary this election cycle, much less over a decade? Give me a break.

Man, I hope we don't fall into the American Idol, celebrity worship thing and just blow this one. I can't believe this....

Ha Ha. Hillary, when you get down in the slime with the Republics, it will eventually get on you too. Mark Penn is a bad man, and this is a repudiation of his slimy politics.

Something else i want to post: So what exactly is wrong about smoking pot? It hurts no one except the user and is nobody's business except their own. Let's drop these 'gotcha' moments because most normal Americans have smoked a joint in their day. Drop it Hillary!

Mrs. Clinton is doing more planting than a farmer in May. She and her herd planted the questioner on CNN, the questions also on CNN, the queries about Obama's religion, the "report" about a "theme" Obama wrote in kindergarten, and now, his long-ago admitted drug use as a teen. Sound familiar? The Clintons telegraphed it two weeks ago when a top Democrat told columnist Robert Novak that the Clintons had a scandal about Obama to reveal. It's all part of the Clintons' trash tactics that pass for a campaign.

".... who has the record of making change happen in this country. That candidate is Hillary Clinton."

- Bill Shaheen, Sen. Hillary Clinton's national and New Hampshire co-chairman

Hmmm... seems to me that the Clinton campaign is still about the politics of personal destruction. That's doesn't seem like much of a change to me.

"...the Obama campaign seized on the incident to raise money, imploring its supporters not to stand for attacks on Obama's character."

On the flip side, Obama HIMSELF has to squash this allegation and vehemently deny the charge that he sold drugs. It's not enough to hear Axelrod say he didn't. Obama needs to do that NOW and not let the rumor hang over his head until the general election - if he gets that far. Asking voters to give money in order to squash the rumor is ludicrous.

The Clinton campaign = dirty politics. Americans have had enough dishonesty from Rove, Rumsfield, Bush. This campaign will self destruct before the January 3rd caucus.

You guys really think there's a difference between Reps and Dems? They both want the same things: Bigger gov to give you free things and police you. Oh don't think the Reps are above handouts too(Bushy's $400-a-kid check, when he bought the presidency). And the next Clinton will be more than happy to have another new agency to make sure I'm brushing my teeth the correct way -or I'll pay a fine, as my bad brushing techniques lead to increases in fed. gov. subsidized dental care spending. Don't even get me started on the new tongue scraping agency -and yes, I do... They're both in favor of the war, as it allows them to increase their power, in the name of 'safety'. Reps and their military contractor buddies will be happy to keep the war going ad infinitum. Dems (Hilldog/Baraka -from Mortal Kombat, of course!) and their newfound military contractor lovers won't commit to ending the war before 2013 -if ever. They're all spineless and Hillary will be more than happy to take up Bushy's rhetoric, when she gets into office, of 'Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorism' with a lil' dash of '9/11' somewhere in there... All the while, since most Americans don't care or don't even know, our dollar will become so devalued that when it does hit the fan and other countries quit financing our war and free whatevers, she'll be right up there trumpeting an idea for a 'new, stronger, unified' currency. And the people will CHEER!!! They'll be so happy that they'll sign away whatever liberties they have left, just so long as they can keep their flat screen tv's... Illegal immigrants? They both want them. Dems want 10 million more poor people that they can promise things to, so they can have 10M more votes. Reps want 10 million cheap laborers to hand over to the corporatists, so they can continue to undercut their own citizens. Ironically, the idiots that vote for the neocons are the same ones getting the screw -ah, the humor. Amazing how a country that 'takes security so seriously' leaves its doors wide open, eh/si? They don't care about terrorists. They just want to pass more HR1955's -ps. shame on you Dems for letting one of your own author it. That one reads straight out of the neocon war manual.

Weinerdog, there's nothing wrong with smoking a little herb. At least, nothing morally. Yeah, it messes your brain up a little. But so does pumping gas, at gas station, and breathing the vapors. But correction on the part about it being nobody's business. It's your fed. gov.'s business, as they think it's bad for you. So they're going to keep you safe -and pass you a legal bottle Jager to get hosed on.

Cheers.

Unfortunately today’s politicians have lost site of its citizens and have aligned themselves along that of big money. Just follow the money trail and that of special interests groups. The political candidates need to step back and look what out founding fathers wrote

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America .”

Establish Justice – Letting individuals with money, influence, illegals, and stardom avoiding the same justice as the rest of us (equal treatment under the law)

Insure Domestic Tranquility – We are becoming more of a police state everyday yet violence and crime is rising. While we need to administer justice we as a people need to understand the root causes. Drugs, poverty, and mental illness are some of the root causes that need to be investigated and programs elaborated on.

Provide for the common Defense – I think the government has base coved several times over so much so that waste and corruption are the norm.

Promote the general Welfare – We ranked 37th in 2000 and last in May or 2007 against 5 other nations. In infant mortality we ranked last against 23 other nations an 15th out of 19 for life expectancy at the age of 60. I wounded if the government would invest in the health of its citizens as it does for the military we all would be better off for it.
- 42.5 Million Had No Insurance During First Half of 2007
- Number uninsured at the time of interview: 43.3 million (2006)
- Percent uninsured at the time of interview: 16.8 (2006)
- Percent with private insurance at the time of interview: 66.5 (2006)
(source www.cdc.gov and www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/opinion/12sun1.html )

Our Posterity – Lastly it seems with all the rushing to establish free trade acts there has been no effort to provide checks and balances. Jobs are getting out sourced to overseas countries. But how does one compete with a labor force who is forced to work 18 hour days, pays their help little to nothing, puts them up in government housing, provides government health care, and has no checks and balances for environmental and safety. On the US end received products full of lead, toothpaste tainted with anti-freeze, and glue balls with hallucinogenic drugs. Then what about all the dislocated / unemployed American workers who wages are dropping because the higher paying jobs are leaving the country? That along with the H1B’s and L1A’s coming in on work vistas to take the already scarce technical jobs away from Americans already living here. Again follow the money trail who did the government bail out not the person who is struggling to have a job and pay bills but to the financial intuitions who provide big kick backs.

I lived long enough to know that politicians make promises that they don’t intent to keep. Instead of talking about issues and how to solve them they usually wind up poking fun or things that gets the media off track of the real issues. It is too bad we can’t indict politicians who don’t follow through with their promises.

what someone did as an young adult and running for president or any office have to do with the other? the most important question should be in the last 2 decades what standard and moral have you broken? your youth is your youth adulthood is here and now some of you still might committ adultery or fornication and that is wrong, but you are talking about that! there is no clean politican, no where they all have skeltons in their closet, deal with the matter at hand trying to achieve justice

With the economy downgrading like a waterflow,war in Iraq, school system, unemployment, public safety, and other important issues vital to our american dreams, we need to hear from all presidential candidates what they could do for us rather than embracing celebrities to do it for them. What a joke.

OY! It would help if y'all could SPELL for God's sake. It would be helpful if bloggers could actually express a cogent thought in ENGLISH. Credibility MIGHT be a smidgen higher if the pundits in the posts knew the difference between site and sight. To and two and too, anyone?Charity, humility and plain old commonsense are obviously in very short supply in the USA in 2007, and I am increasingly disgusted by the level to which we have collectively sunk. What is this anyway? Obama smoked a joint--oooohhhh, I'm telling! Next he's a dope dealer? AARRUGGGHHH! Grow up, already! I think we ALL have more important things to worry about. If someone has aspirations to punditry it would be nice to actually have the skills to do the job properly! Read a little history, and hey, English firsters--LEARN your OWN language, please!

It is amazing to me that anyone would think that an advisor made the decision to run anything, without running it by HER HOLINESS~!!
IF THAT BE THE CASE, THEN EXACTLY WHO ARE YOU MRS. cLINTON?
anyone who really believes all the rhetoric coming out of Iowa or anywhere else, suffers from either stupidity or head in the sand syndrome!
There is not one thing that gets past her!
But let the heads roll when she gets caught.
Dear God, what happened to our country, when advisors and aids run her campagne?
she scares me to death. even Obama with lack of expertise and experience, is better qualified, at least he hasn't been too tainted yet.

It is amazing to me that anyone would think that an advisor made the decision to run anything, without running it by HER HOLINESS~!!
IF THAT BE THE CASE, THEN EXACTLY WHO ARE YOU MRS. cLINTON?
anyone who really believes all the rhetoric coming out of Iowa or anywhere else, suffers from either stupidity or head in the sand syndrome!
There is not one thing that gets past her!
But let the heads roll when she gets caught.
Dear God, what happened to our country, when advisors and aids run her campagne?
she scares me to death. even Obama with lack of expertise and experience, is better qualified, at least he hasn't been too tainted yet.

This is the typical Clinton dirty tricks. They always do low life attacks and try to talk on the other side of their mouth when caught.

And Hillary has no experience and is not qualified for this job.