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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (9669)	1/6/2007 12:06:44 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 224724

McAuliffe is working for Hillary Clinton, I mean literaally, she's probably her top campaign advisor now. Hillary has already dishonestly attacked Kerry once, now she's doing it a second time. It proves she's scared of Kerry, and insecure herself. Hillary is scared to death of Kerry and Al Gore in particular and also Obama and Edwards. Hillary may lead some polls, but deepown she's very insecure about running for president. She knows she likely will lose -- unless - she can clear away major candidates like Kerry and Gore -- then she has a chance. But that's not going to happen. At least Kerry's not going anywhere. McAuliffe did not raise a peep in 2004 against the Kerry campaign. If he'd wanted to grouse, he should have done it then when it could have made a difference. He didn't complain about Bush-Rove's cheating and lying then either. Not a word about the criminal smearvet campaign. But should Kerry and all of us been tougher on the dishonest Bushie cheaters? Of course. In retrospect we should have demanded they be arrested for libel and election fraud. Hey, whatever happened to Zell Miller and his BS about defending the counter with spitballs? What a lying turdball that guy was. As he praised Bush for quagmiring our military in Iraq, and lambasted Kerry for asking questions and being more cautious. See how wrong the rightwing is?

To: longnshort who wrote (9669)	1/10/2007 1:42:16 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224724

Clinton's reputation may sink his wife's presidential hopes ALEX MASSIE IN WASHINGTON WHEN he ran for president, Bill Clinton's campaign stressed the advantage his wife's experience and feminist credentials would bring to the job of First Lady. But now that Hillary Clinton is preparing a presidential campaign, his time in the Oval Office is as much a handicap as an advantage. Yesterday the New York Times devoted a 2,000-word story on its front page to the state of the Clintons' marriage. Noting, without comment, that the couple have been together for just 14 nights a month in the last two years, the paper speculated on whether or not the baggage from Mr Clinton's eight tumultuous years as president might one day sink his wife's presidential ambitions. "There's no question that it's a complicated candidacy for a lot of voters because of the history of that relationship and what they've been through," said Leon Panetta, Mr Clinton's chief of staff from 1994 to 1997. The couple's respective spokesmen told the paper: "She is an active senator who, like most members of Congress, has to be in Washington for part of most weeks. He is a former president running a multi-million-dollar global foundation. "But their home is in New York, and they do everything they can to be together there or at their house in DC as often as possible - often going to great lengths to do so. When their work schedules require that they be apart, they talk all the time." Nonetheless, the couple rarely appear in public together. In part, it is believed, this reflects a desire upon the part of the former president not to overshadow his wife. When necessity demands they both speak from the same platform, as at the funeral of civil rights campaigner Coretta Scott King, the former president's eloquence and instinct for what an audience wants to hear eclipses his wife's more pedestrian public-speaking style. According to a Fox News poll this week, Mr Clinton enjoys a 58 per cent approval rating amongst the public while his wife's rating is a less impressive 50 per cent. Equally, the potential for scandal is ever-present given Mr Clinton's history and proclivities. According to one friend of the Clintons: "She needs to be in her own separate orbit, so if something explodes in his world, she will have at least some space and distance to manage it." The most recent and arguably the most enduring rumour swirling around the president concerns his relationship with Belinda Stronach, 38, a glamorous Canadian politician whom Mr Clinton first met during a golf event in 2001. Though Canadian and New York papers have speculated on the precise nature of their relationship, Ms Stronach insists they are just good friends. Another problem for Mrs Clinton's ambitions is the sense that her presidency would confirm the dynastic trend in American politics over 20 years, starting with George Bush senior, followed by Bill Clinton and George W Bush. That worry - plus the fear that although Mrs Clinton remains a favourite to win the Democratic presidential nomination she would struggle to win the presidential election - leaves many Washington Democrats secretly hoping a viable alternative candidate to Mrs Clinton can be found. Related topics Bill Clinton news.scotsman.com Hillary Clinton news.scotsman.com This article: news.scotsman.com Last updated: 24-May-06 01:37 GMT