Clinton: Obama's 'walk away'' mentality

Obama does need to stop whining. Hillary has been bashed for 15 months and when Obama actually has a tougher debate than Hillary out of 21 debates he wants to complain? Obama has had a free ride through out so I don't see his arguments holding water. He didn't look like he does well when he isn't reading from a teleprompter that is for sure.

Face it: Obama stained the very fabric of the American electorate that is needed to win the presidency. By expressing his elitist, highly insensitive views to a group of San Francisco millionaires he proved he doesn’t have the poignancy, the IQ nor the continental compass to be president. He is out of touch. He catered to these rich people’s “hauteur” and imperialistic musings without flinching or thinking of the consequences. He got caught pressing the self-destructive buttons any politico 101 knows:
101: Don’t insult your voters.
101: God believing people believe in God, good times or bad.
101: Bearing guns is a constitutional right and has nothing to do with class.
101: Not all small town folks are bigots. Obama’s own mother was a small town girl who was not a racist.
In sum, one hopes that the eventual nominee is the president for all people, at the very least “the smartest guy in the room.” This last “bitter” remark issue in addition to the Ayers and the way he handled the “God Damn America” Rev. Wright controversy clearly proves that Obama is not that “guy”. Let’s face it; Hillary is and has always been—35 years ago & from day one.

It's over for Clinton. She's now damaging the Dem's chances in November. If Obama had been in her place, there would have been an outcry for her to leave.

She has run a nasty campaign. No wonder former Clinton cabinet member Reich is endorsing Obama today

She is so full of it. She knows he wasn't given tough questions, he was given ridiculously stupid and inane questions that have nothing to do with anything important.

A tough question would be something like "how do you plan to cover more Americans with health care and not see premiums skyrocket due to the increased risk taken on by the insurers?"

I happen to like that he was flustered and frustrated by the absurdly irrelevant questions posed to him. These were not "tough" questions - they were "gotcha" questions designed to make him look bad no matter how he answered them.

It's over, Hillary. The more damage you do now, the more puckering up you're gonna have to do when he's the nominee.

That was NOT a debate. It took those ABC clows 16 questions before they even asked what they admitted was the number one question in the minds of voters.

Don't get me wrong, when I was whining and crying about the debate questions a couple of months ago, that was A-OK.

Senator Clinton should join Senator Obama's staff as an advisor, that way he can take advantage of all the executive experience she claims to have! She can advise him on how best to defeat Senator ( The Keating Five) McCain in November. We sure don't want to lose all the valuable experience she acquired during her husband's presidential term in office!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE. NOW.

Do the Hillary supporters ever do anything but whine and moan about how mistreated poor little Hillary is and how she's a victim of a massive conspiracy to make her look bad?

Poor poor Hillary, she only losing because people are big meanies! They're all just jealous. But she'll show them. They'll regret it someday and then they'll come begging to her.

It's like listening to a bunch of third graders. Enough already.

Now comes word that Barack Obama perhaps was subtly giving Hilary the finger yesterday while complaining about the debate.

Here's the link. Please note that there is some disagreement whether he actually was doing this or not.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/18/did-obama-give-hillary-the-finger/

Ya'all don't understand, if Obama doesn't wear a flag pin the aliens from plaent Canntu will come down and steal all our womenfolk. This is the most important question ever asked a politician.

I only wish they'd had time to ask him about how Obama plans to be President given that he is left handed and all. Everyone knows left handed people can't be president.

Its time for Mr Obama to quit the race. He's weak, a whiner and as Hillary said, has a"walk away" mentality. He just cannot face the tough questions. What is he hiding? The American public has everyright to know as much as they can about a candidate before voting for him. This is not a game. Hilary has been vetted. He has not.

Always moving the posts to pacify self.

During the last debate Clinton was complaining she got the tuff questions and she got them first.

Being that it's the weekend before super Tuesday (another one) I figured there would be a kitchen sink in there somewhere; right after offices close up shop so her snipets will get played over and over by ABC and FOX without much criticism and fair balancing.

She's a pistol

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-gives-
hillary-finger-video.html

He says her name, pauses and raises his middle finger to his face, says 'she' pauses while rubbing so the audience can pick up on this unstatesmanlike move.
STOP BERATING JOURNALISTS AND DISTORTING FACTS.

It's a motion a lot of us use. Very few people disagree about this--and they're in the bag already.

"Having been inside the White House, I know the pressures inside the White House. I know how hard it is every single day. When the going gets tough you can't run away. And it's going to be tough going to deal with these hard problems; getting out of Iraq in the right way, turning the economy around, getting universal health care, ending our dependence on foreign oil," Clinton said.

"The special interests are going to be a lot tougher than 90 minutes of questions from two journalists and we need a president who is going to be up there fighting everyday for the American people and not complain about how much pressure there is, and how hard the questions are," she said.

Exactly, Hillary! So why was the debate not focused on these important issues?
Tell the voting American public this: WHY, as a strong woman and leader who desires the role of CINC; would you not TAKE CHARGE and redirect the conversation to these issues that you say are so important?
Why did you just jump on the bandwagon instead of taking a leadership stance?
Truly this was an opportunity for you to rise above and show us the leader you can be. Or can you?

No one seemed to mind inane questions when they were pointed at Hillary, like "Do you prefer Diamonds or Pearls?" or "How does it make you feel that people don't like you?" or when John Edwards commented on her attire. No biggie, but Obama gets asked some inane questions and suddenly the media's bad. What they gave him was an opening on the Wright scandal, "bittergate" and the flag pin comment he made in Iowa to put it to rest. He had an opening to put all of these "controversies" to bed, but he missed the opportunities. If he'd nailed these points it would be a whole different ballgame right now.

That debate was seen as the Clinton-Stephanopolis-in-the-pocket debate. No self-respecting American living in this economy with that President can say their TRUE concerns were addressed. Obama is a human being, but he is every bit as good as anyone else in the election. And when he refuses to attack doesnt make him weak, but strong for refusing to campaign like an uncivil animal. We are tired of this lady and these Republicans. Lets collectively heave them over the side of the ship like unwanted TEA!

What gets lost in all this is the reality that Obama is not complaining about hard questions, but rather pointing out the content of the questions do nothing to advance the quality of life for Americans.

How will lapel pins put gas in my tank? How will Ayers create green jobs? etc etc.

But what happens is that these distractions take time away from debating real issues. You saw that happen on Wed, when 2/3 of the conversation was about distractions.

And Americans have been conditioned by the politicians and the media to not notice they are being distracted.

The 'bitter' question was a legit question about electability, especially since it was a new topic since the last debate. All those other questions ("Does Rev Wright love the country as much as you do?"!!!???) were designed to create conflict-television, not unlike Jerry Springer show. In fact, look at how ABC managed the debate:

1. It put a time delay for west coast viewers. ABC was treating this as a soap opera, not a dialog on issues affecting Americans.

2. The videotaped lady asking about the pin question was PLANTED by ABC! The network knew this woman already was against Obama and used her to ask a divisive question, while deflecting ownership off of the network.

Here is how they knew about Nash McCabe:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/us/politics/04penn.html?adxnnl=1&fta=y&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1208538088-8gagwL7hJKsKkY0J9YMnYw

Here is Salon.com nailing ABC about it:
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/04/18/pin/index.html?source=rss&aim=/politics/war_room

These were not silly questions. How can someone running for president have any relationship with terrorists? If he is so inspiring why was he unable to inspire his pastor in 20 years not to be so anti american

WORM. What Obama Really Meant. You O supporters are so busy defending O's inability to answer simple questions, you overlook the obvious: the man has been handed so much during his lifetime he can't stand up to any adversity. He stutters and stammers his way through debates and news conferences where he isn't being hosanna-ed by the audience and reading a prepared (by someone else) speech which is an indication of an inability to think on his feet and the outright fact that he doesn't know the subject.Barack Obama is not ready for the pressure of the Presidency now and probably never will be. He is what he is and he is lacking. All the excuse-making in the world and blaming the Clinton's for everything won't change that

I have to assume that George was hoping to get a job in Hillary's white house. that won't happen. He looked and sounded like a grade school reporter. totally unprofessional and goofy.
Charlie Gibson should have known better or maybe he has always been that way and I wasn't paying attention. I don't know what he was hoping to get from the debate, but that too won't happen.

Hillary continues on her downward spiral getting more annoying every day. She would have been better off to drop out sooner - she might have been able to salvage her senate career - too late for that. The Clinton days are over.!

Is this the same Hillary Clinton who complained about how unfair the debates were, cited Saturday Night Live as proof of the bias? The same one who asked Obama if he needed a pillow because she thought he was treated too nicely? The same Hillary Clinton who asked why she always got the first question (oh, not that she's complaining!)?

Obama brought up a legitimate statement and one that's been echoed since -- wasting an hour on non-issues is a joke. Clinton just whined about picked on because she was asked questions first.

He wasn't complaing about "hard" questions. He was simply mentioning, correctly, that the moderators were rehashing old stories, that had been answered time and time again.

Stick to questions about health care, unemployoment, nortgage crisis, Iraq war, etc... Side issues that deal more with candidates private lives don't matter. You are supposed to be national news anchors, you don't work for TMZ.

Yes... because the White House is constantly getting calls from the Russians, saying "We saw your pastor's 7 year-old comments on YouTube. Now, explain them in such a way that offends no-one or it's War!!!"

Barack is pleading to discuss the tough issues facing us... Hillary's playing dumb to the electorate, calling petty gaffes and guilt by razor-thin association "tough questions", when in reality they have nothing to do with the job of being President.

The first half of that debate should've been moderated by Ryan Seacrest.

Hillary again insults the intelligence of the entire electorate. She just doesn't learn. Dumbing down the discourse has been her campaign plan from day 1. It's failed from day 1. She still doesn't change plans. That is NOT a quality I want in our President (again).

These were not silly questions. How can someone running for president have any relationship with terrorists? If he is so inspiring why was he unable to inspire his pastor in 20 years not to be so anti american
Posted by: UM | April 18, 2008 1:26 PM

One of the most asinine posts I've ever read. Keep reading those tabloids for your educated views.

BTW, Obama's pastor is not a terrorist and is not "anti american". He served his country in the military, has served his congregation, and dares to speak about injustice as he sees it. Do I agree with his methods? No. But that doesn't give me the right to call him anti-American? No.

WORM. What Obama Really Meant. You O supporters are so busy defending O's inability to answer simple questions, you overlook the obvious: the man has been handed so much during his lifetime he can't stand up to any adversity.

Posted by: d johnson | April 18, 2008 1:58 PM

"Handed things"??? Are you kidding me???!!

Yes, because they just grab african americans from broken households and just hand them the Editorship of the Harvard Law Review all the time.

Handed things? You must be on crack. This man doesn't have a senator or president or ex-naval commander for a father. There is no building with his last name on it at Yale. He hasn't been "Handed" anything. He's the exact opposite of someone who's been handed things. If this isn't a self-made man, then there's no such thing.

I mean.. I respect your opinion that he may not be the best option for President, but don't just make up crap. "Handed everything".... Are you kidding???

Do you people even think about this crap, or do you just make up junk to slander these Candidates out of thin air?

I will walk away from the Democratic Party before I would vote for Hillary. 08ama!

He does walk away - every time he's challenged. He gets angry and defensive and lashes out like a petulant child because somebody dared to criticize him or take him on. He isn't mature enough for POTUS. He probably will be in 4 or 8 years, but he isn't right now and it shows.

He objected to the questions 7 times - 7! Clinton objected exactly ONCE at the Cleveland debate. Once.period! Yet she has been ganged-up on, bashed, dissed, diminished, and slurred by the same people who are now crying like babies because BIG O got a taste of real life on Wednesday.

If Clinton walked away and pouted and threw temper tantrums the way this guy does, she would NEVER have made it in the Senate or in the White House.

And frankly, the fact that BIG O is wilting now (even though he says he isn't), shows me what's coming in November if people allow BIG O to become the Democratic nominee.

John McCain will have this guy for breakfast and spit him out on the floor...probably in the first month of the campaign.

BIG O's followers and BIG O need to mature a whole lot. Four years, eight years is the time necessary for all of them to do just that.

I saw that tape where Obama flips the bird after mentioning Clinton's name. It isn't a "casual gesture" and the response of the crowd proves it. His grin afterwards seals the deal.

We don't need another immature putz in the White House. This guy is "sealing the deal" all right--for McCain.