very staunch Republican - was saying how crucial it is for Obama to be defeated in November.

As the reasons for his believing this, he regurgitated every freeze-dried Republican talking point that's already been debunked
a hundred times or more. And at the end of his ignorant diatribe, he leaned closer to the doctor and stage-whispered:
"There's no way we can let *that guy* sleep in the Lincoln bedroom!"

My doctor said that when he left the examining room, he went directly to his desk and (for the first time in his life) made a political contribution,
writing out a check for $1000.00.

To Barack Obama.

and hear his words.

McCain has 6 people in the cheese aisle of King's supermarket listening to him make his flubs.
And all six of them are there to buy cheese.

Who ya gonna vote for?

just this one time. With the Clintons, jealousy trumps all other considerations.

It is inconceivable to me - even though, at this point, it probably shouldn't be - that, to this date, neither Hillary nor Bill have
picked up the phone and congratulated Obama on earning the designation as presumptive presidential nominee of our party.

At every possible opportunity, Obama has been praiseful of her (and I'll even admit to being a bit ticked off at his generosity toward her at times).
But she cannot bring herself to act in a decent and civil manner in return, even to someone who has been utterly respectful of her.

I simply cannot tolerate the Clintons any more. Their sense of superiority and self-righteousness is what brought them down,
and they're too self-absorbed to realize that the game is over and they should stand up, walk to the middle of the field
and shake hands with the winning team.

It's just a damn shame.

McCain opened his comedy tour by trying out his new stand-up routine for a few friends, impersonating an aging robot with yellow teeth,
saying trite phrases in a creepy whisper and then, each time, producing a breathy half-laugh to add to the creepitude of it all,
as his head turned from one teleprompter to another and then back again, his right eye twitching in constant winks
like a friendly firefly. An OLD friendly firely.

Hillary gave a rousing acceptance speech from the depths of a cave, two floors below sea level, where no cell phone or tv reception
was available and no one knew that Obama had already clinched the nomination. This way, she didn't have to congratulate Obama
on his nomination and could still be introduced by the eminently insane Terry McAuliffe as "the next President of the United States!"
Basically, Hillary gave a long list of things she wants, which she feels she's entitled to, since she is the victor. But, wait... why then
did that senator from Illinois take the stage

and thank all the cheering people who were in that stadium, evidently, for some basketball game? All those complimentary things
he said about Hillary just proved that he was trying to butter up the winner, hoping that maybe she would reward him by putting him
on the short list for her VP pick. Yeah, yeah - there he goes, saying how capable and dedicated she is. But, c'mon, let's be honest here - being nice
can only get you so far.

And if you don't believe it - just ask Hillary!

Bush possibly say that would be illuminating?

Then I realized that I was not in DU. I was reading the Star Phoenix newspaper, and the article was
actually about a real chimpanzee, not a cheap imitation.

Really!

Made me laugh all afternoon.

to her non-apology, there is nothing left to say except that they are all, in my eyes, nothing but ingrates.

Obama has taken the high road every time, being a gentlemen in every sense of the word.

There is not another person in politics today who would have put up with her 'shame-on-you' finger wagging,
her outright mocking, her derision of his "hope"-based campaign, her twisting the facts, her "as far as I know" moments,
her Rev. Wright comments and everything else she's pulled, without sinking to that level and fighting back.

And now the assassination comments.

For Obama and David Axelrod to both be magnanimous enough to say they take her (and her explanation) at her word is above
and beyond what's required, especially since HRC's camp had the incredible gall to say that Obama's campaign helped fan the flames.

I, however, do not have to hold myself to that standard and therefore can come right out and say it:
Hillary & Co. are INGRATES of the highest order.

That's it. That's all.

Terry McAuliffe's high praise for Fox News was evidently heart-felt, based on Hillary's new strategy of subliminal
fear mongering.

The only "plus" that could accrue to her as a result of the obscene comments she made is the possibility of planting the seed
in people's minds that it would be *safer* to have her as a candidate, with all the implied overtones and undertones associated
with that thought.

That's one "metric" that hasn't been measured and dissected on every network.

Yet.

Super-delegates.
Pledged delegates.
Automatic delegates, or whatever Hillary has decided to call them this week.

Is there anyone left who will still try to defend her and her insane ambition that will stop at nothing?

We've had almost 8 years of a power-hungry narcissist who can never and will never admit he's wrong.
No way does this country want a female version of that megalomaniacal ego in the White House for even one day after 1/20/09.

Pack up your pantsuits, Hillary, and say buh-bye.

Imagine the total disconnect of this woman to mention, as an argument in her favor,
that Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June - and saying this only a couple days after Teddy Kennedy learns
that he has brain cancer?!!

DO YOU HAVE NO COMPASSION WHATSOEVER, HILLARY??

How can she inflict even a moment's pain on this family, during the havoc they're going through right now,
for the sake of advancing her candidacy?

Shameful, disgusting, self-absorbed to the point of pathology.

Go away, Hillary. And please stay gone.

"Fool me once, eh, err... shame on... shame on you..."

I admit that when Hillary started her campaign for President, I was dead set against her. I disliked her for many years, based on things she had
done and said before becoming Senator of NY. But, after a while, I began to reprimand myself for being prejudiced and decided to give her
a second chance.

Begrudgingly, I started to admire her in many ways - her obviously good understanding of policy issues, her energy, her determination.
She was at her best during the long series of debates when she sounded a note of inclusion, praising the other Democratic candidates and
saying how any one of them would serve the country well. She seemed conciliatory. She seemed to want to dispel the image of herself as
a shrew, and softened her speaking voice. She laughed more (and that's a whole different subject) and snarked less.

Great! Life is wonderful and it's fantastic to be a Democrat!

And then the debates ended, and she reverted to type. Sarcasm dripped from the corners of her mouth. Nasty comments, well rehearsed,
started to replace the more collegial remarks. The cackle returned. Bill was set loose, with all his good points under wraps and all his vengefulness
on display. Her surrogates were sent out to drop their little hints and spread innuendo, a la Karl Rove. Dirty tricks popped up in the form of
robo-calls and subtle jabs ("No, Obama's not a Muslim, that I know of).

So now, all the people who stepped up and decided to give her a second chance are doubly angry that they've been fooled twice, against
their better judgment, and the blow-back is something she's earned, two times over.

And, just as the eye of the storm affords only a small window of peace before the hurricane hits with even greater force, so is the anger provoked by the
twists and turns of the hurricane created by the re-emergence of the Hillary we once knew.

What a farce!
Our country is involved in 2 wars and Bush is salivating over starting a 3rd.
People are losing not just their jobs but their homes as well.
Health care is unaffordable and forcing people into bankruptcy.
Torture is being committed and condoned, illegally, by people in the White House.
We are being spied on, illegally, by our own government.
There's the issue of retroactive telecom immunity still hanging in the air.
Our civil liberties are hanging in shreds...

And your two commentators chose to ask: Does your pastor love America
as much as you do?
What??
Your commentators chose to talk about wearing a tin flag pin, instead of other ways of *truly* honoring
this country - like following the word and the spirit of our Constitution which is being desecrated on a daily
basis by the current Administration.

Worst debate ever. An embarassment and an insult to any voter who was hoping to glean some insight
into the views held by these two candidates.

Next time, instead of watching a "debate" on ABC, I'll just go to the supermarket and pick up a copy
of whatever tabloid trash is on the stands.

when Condi and Cheney et al sat around, deciding who was going to get what kind of torture,
and how many times, and for how long?

I hope and trust they will all rot in hell - but I *pray* that it can start here, while they're still alive.

was Wild Bill.

From Wikipedia:
CALAMITY JANE:
"... the greater portion of my time was spent in *hunting along with the men and hunters of the party; in fact, I was at all times with the men when there was excitement and adventures to be had.*"
HILLARY: knocking back a shot of whiskey and a beer, hangin' at the bar with the guys, talking about how she learned to shoot at the age of 3.

CALAMITY JANE:
"Up to this time, I had always worn the costume of my sex. When I joined Custer, I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first, but *I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes."*
HILLARY:
Pantsuits, anyone?

CALAMITY JANE:
"According to her biography, she joined with Custer. As historians have since discovered, *she was prone to exaggerations and lies about her exploits,* and no evidence exists that Custer was ever at Fort Russell. "
HILLARY;
Corkscrew landing?
Sniper fire?
Irish peace process?
Anything?

CALAMITY JANE
"... was involved in several campaigns in the long-running military conflicts with Native Americans. One story, told by her, has her acquiring the nickname "Calamity Jane" in 1872 by rescuing her superior, Captain Egan, from an ambush... However, even back then, *not everyone accepted her version, and in another story it is said that she acquired it as a result of her warnings to men that to offend her was to "court calamity".*
HILLARY: Bill Richardson. Al Gore. John Kerry. Etc., etc., etc.

And, finally, It should be noted that, after finishing with her "campaigns", Calamity Jane
retired to a town called "Deadwood."

Chappaqua, anyone?

I rest my case.

In so many words, he asked them: How perfect would the situation in Iraq have to be for you and the Administration to say, 'OK, enough. We did our job.
Now we can bring our troops home.'

Since they keep moving the goalposts, his question in effect asked them to define what they see as "winning." If things were as they are now, but without our troops
stationed there, would that be an acceptable situation? (After all, Crocker and Petraeus just spent untold hours telling us in glowing terms of the progress that's been made
in Iraq during the last 6 months).

If this war is unwinnable, might as well bring everyone home now.
If it's winnable, how will we know when we get there?

With only the few minutes available to him, I think we got an up-close glimpse of Obama's diplomatic capabilities at work. He brings no anger to the table - just
smart questions and abundant insight, which he uses to get to the bottom of the problem at hand.

The other candidates always seem to need two chairs - one for them, one for their ego.
I did not see that yesterday with Obama.

What I saw was someone who truly wants to end the war, who understands that both sides are invested in their own policies and want to find what they think is the correct path to follow,
He therefore is intent on forging a new path, somewhere between the two existing parallel ones, that everyone can walk.

Once again, I am so happy that I've decided to support Obama, a decision that seems to get reinforced with every new day.

that his two books were actually ghost-written by Kitty Kelly and that he can't sing worth a damn?

Also, don't forget Sweetie-gate and the fact that Obama is a macaroon.

I report: YOU decide.