"What I've found interesting is how at every step along the way, her worst enemy has been - herself.

In December, she had more money - $175 million. She had more name
recognition. She had her husband's legacy. She had the support of more
super delegates.

And then - it's like she didn't know how to campaign. Looking back, I
realize she's never had to campaign before. Let's face it - liberal
area of New York against unknown, underfinanced Republican rivals isn't
a real challenge.

But she neglected all of the "to dos": She didn't keep up with what her
campaign was spending money on. She didn't have a constant message
(first it was "experience", then "experience to bring change", then "I
have solutions", and so on). She went negative right after the surprise
loss in Iowa - and not "Obama's position is this, here's why mine is
better", but trying to paint him as "not really pro-choice", "he's a
former drug user", "he voted for funding the war just like I did. The
lawsuits in Nevada, then telling people what states "mattered" and
which "didn't matter".

Obama got on the ground folks working - going door to door. Finding out
what areas were key to his winning to get more delegates. She decided
that her lead in big states were enough - and she ignored the majority
of small states like Idaho, Utah, etc which - while not significant in
and of themselves in the Democratic primary - start to add up.
According to reports, her team didn't even have people in the ground in
Texas and Ohio until two weeks ago - Obama's folks had people working
there nearly a month back!

In the debates, it's the same thing: she hurts herself more. Her little
"Oh, you need to REJECT Farrakan" moment actually helped Obama out - if
she had kept her mouth shut, he would have looked vaguely neutral for
it.

The times that she's done the best is when she really connects. Her
commercial in Ohio about "She's worked the night shift too" actually
moved me a bit - it shows hey, I actually care. What was Bill Clinton's
#1 success in his first campaign? Playing the sax, reminding people he
was human, and showing them that "Hey, I feel your pain." Her Thursday
night speech about being proud being with Obama and meeting veterans
was a connecting moment.

Had she used more of those connecting moments, she might have kept her
voting base, and added on more. Instead, she tried to divide and
conquer, and got lost along the way.

When history books are written about this campaign, they'll likely say
that Hilary Clinton had the best shot of them all at becoming the next
Democratic nominee for President - and then messed it up by being
disorganized, not focused on a positive message, and fell apart. Funny
- David Brin once gave a talk about how when Democrats talk about the
future and how things will be better, they win. When they get mired in
speaking about "the good old days" like conservatives - they lose.
That's how Bill won in the 1990's - "There's nothing wrong in America
that can't be fixed by what's right in America". Hopefully, looking
forward to new challenges. Whether you think he delivered is another
thing - but that message got him in the white house (well, Ross Perot
helped as well ).

Odd that Senator Clinton didn't get the lesson - and Senator Obama, the "inexperienced, naive candidate" got it so much better."

-digg's johnhummel

Lisa Shaw - Grown Apart

http://whitehouser.com/politics/crucifixion-our-dying-constitution/

"Americans no longer have an understanding of what it means to be free, we’ve become so accustomed to big brother’s hand that torture, spying
without warrants, and engaging in illegal wars of aggression are to be
expected. "

This is a worrisome trend that I have noticed myself. We have seen so
many arrogant displays of lawlessness and disrespect with not only this
administration, but a complicit congress, in regards to the Geneva
Conventions, Habeus Corpous, Telecom Immunity, the Patriot Act, the
Protect America Act, etc. What is worrisome, aside from the very fact
that these laws have been passed, and the subversions to international
law condoned, is that with so much being done, it's hard to keep track
of it all. Even if we were to have members of the congress actively
represented their constituents, instead of actively ignoring them, and
working to reverse these evasive and destructive laws, we would still
end up with some of them in effect.

Now, I see that people are beginning to try to justify these measures
in the name of the "war on terror", and "national security". This, I
think, is most worrisome Even though we may not have adequate
representation in our government,  we must not allow ourselves to fall
under the veil that this is okay, that it somehow is justified, that
these actions will somehow make us safer, freer, and a more stable
country.

When we are tracked, monitored, our personal, physical, medical and
financial data is gathered and stored, when we live in fear of people
of other ethnicities, religions, and countries, and most of all, when
we live in a passive wariness with regard to our own government, we are
certainly not free. We are certainly not safer, nor do we have the
stability as we were led to believe.
-phnx0221

Roll Call
Yea = Strike down the immunity

    Bush's approval ratings dipped to 28% which is crazy to think that 72% of the nation is sick and tired of this guy. Back when Bush's approval ratings dipped, I exaggerated that it would fall to something as low as 28%. Today, it's just news.

    And it's no wonder. Whenever George Bush gets to the podium, his face doesn't match the words he's saying. It's like someone needs to go up there and slap him around until he finally gets it. When he talks about the war, he has a silly smirk on his face. If he talks about the economy, he giggles. (Heh - heh- heh-). I remember I first heard him up there and seeing him talking about the war and I thought to myself," What's wrong with this guy?" He's giggling while he's sending out troops to war!

    Many people who speak have cue cards out there so that they'd know what to say next, but this guy needs "face" cards. When he begins to talk about war, they bring out the Frown card.

   

    And it's surprising how bad he is at controlling his face. His brain is only 3 inches from his mouth.  It's not like it has to travel far in order to get where it needs to go. But when he talks, it's like those words went down, around his ankles, and finally reaches his mouth.

 But perhaps I understand. When I look at him, right before he begins to speak, I see the words forming in his head. As the words form in his head, I start to hear the music that comes from an ice cream truck in his head. And when he starts speaking, he's running to that ice cream truck in his mind and getting some creamsicles so that when he finally gets to thinking of what facial expression to use, he's thinking creamsicles.

Which is why, when he's talking about war, he's giggling like a little schoolboy.

mmh creamsicles.

I don't get that phrase. "Opening up a can of Whoop Ass". Why is Whoop Ass in a can? And why must you open it before you get into a fight? Does this can come with those easy removal lids that I see on my hearty beef stew cans?     What if the tab breaks? Would you have a can opener on you in the middle of a fight in order to open up the can of whoop ass? And how do you put whoop ass in a can? Is there a whoop ass can manufacturer out there that makes these things?

God... I'm going to kick someone's ass.

It appears in a Sprite commercial. Written by Lindsay Jehan and sung by Hugh Wilson

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