“I don’t know why Mrs. Clinton is so generous and nice towards…How come she is protecting him on the Rev. Wright saga”

Ed, this is a continuation of Hillary’s political manuevering. The reason is that she basically knows she can’t win anymore, so she’s trying to save face by pretending what she has done has been a good thing for the Democratic Party. Any other candidate would’ve dropped out once they did the simple math and used a bit of logical reasoning “I can’t win unless I do some things that will hurt the Democratic party end game goal of winning in November, because if I stay in it any longer I go past the point of diminishing returns and will really be helping our end game opponents for these 3 reasons:

1) I would “bloody” Obama for the Republicans
2) would have to overturn the rules that I myself originally agreed to (FL & MI) and
3) Since I didn’t win the popular vote I would also have to give the Republicans further ammunition by convincing them Obama would not make as good a Pres as me. More importantly, I would have to take a big shit on the majority of the Primary voters when I appeal to the superdelegates to overturn the will of the voters.

ANy other candidate would have looked at these three things back in March or February even (when Clinton Aides say they “lost it”) and say, “OK if this is what it takes for me to win then I don’t think it’s worth it.” But not Hillary. She knew that this election was her only shot at having a go at the Presidency and that with what Bush has done in office to the Republican name (shat all over it) it should in theory be pretty easy for the Democrats to win in November. That was her original thinking, but thanks to her power hungry campaign now Obama has a much bigger hurdle to get over.

So to answer your above question, Hillary knows that she has done some pretty questionable things here. She is simply trying to get a head start at coloring the perceptions of the next part of this conversation when Obama finally does clinch the ticket and the media inevitable starts asking “was Hillary a good thing for the Dems?”.

She sees the writing on the wall, and is trying to make people forget about all of her erratic and crazy past behavior and only focus on the current nice guy status ala “I, Hillary Clinton was a formidible opponent and waged a high class, respectful campaign” rather than the truth of how she should view her actions “I, Hillary Clinton ran a negative, self serving campaign, I lied to manipulate my so called ‘first lady’ experience and was caught, I condemned Obama for many many things that should not have come from a fellow Democrat, and I realize now that I took a huge gamble with the 2008 election and if the Democrats lose then it will be my fault”

She doesn’t want her legacy to be for how she actually did conduct her campaign - outrageous negative attacks, power hungry, & divisive. So now she is trying to change her story in a quick hurry. Her change in tone started last week when she said she would support Obama if he wins and this latest thing about Wright is basically Hillary further admitting that the race is over. She did btw add fuel to Americas ridiculous fear of Obama (remember those “obama is muslim” emails that came from her campaign workers, the pictures of Obama in “muslim” clothes, her saying McCain would be a stronger leader than Obama, The 3AM ad, the debate where Hillary herself set the tone to come for Obama not going far enough to repudiate his supporters (Farakahn at that debate). Thats why you hear people saying Hillary “bloodied” Obama in ways the Republicans couldn’t because McCain actually said “lets not look at what the supporters say, lets look at what the Candidate says themself, and went further trying to get the Wright NC add pulled”. Hillary did not forsee the way the Wright thing would resonate with a lot of people, and now she thinks she can just fix it by saying lets move on. Sorry Hillary, the damage you caused has been done. You can’t hit the UNDO button. You rolled the dice, and if we lose this campaign in 08 America has no one to blame but Hillary & Bill Clinton.

As I said to begin with, it’s political posturing that now serves Hillary’s interest of saving her reputation.

You can expect more of the same out of her,

After not meeting her intended goals this past Tuesday (to convince the Superdelegates that they should overthrow Obama would’ve required Hillary to garnish a huge victory of 10+ percentage points in both Indiana and North Carolina) Hillary now basically E

1) The stimulus package money is not subject to taxation. Therefore, the correct math would be $600 / 12 months = $50 / month in benefit. The stimulus money is likely to be spent over a shorter period of time, thereby increasing the total per month impact.

2) The total expected average savings by the gas tax holiday is $30 in total (not per month, IN TOTAL). An average of ~$0.30 savings per day per driver.

$600 per tax payer versus $30 per driver is a large difference.

Go put another flag magnet on your car!

Who cares?

Vote for Hillary.

Barack will never win, and God help us if John McCain wins.

When have you EVER seen a candidate’s birth certificate. Let’s get McCain’s - he was a Navy brat. Where was he born, I think Panama….OMG, he must be a drug dealing, anti-American like Noriega!!! He must have been appalled that we attacked the place of his birth.

Quick, see if he voted for THAT invasion!! Did he try to spirit Noriega out of th country. Did he vote to give the Panama Canal back to the Panamanians? Is he behind Panama being the new retirement community of choice? Did he buy property there so he can retire to his birth place?

Please stop. This is all SO STUPID and inconsequential.

I want to know….
What they studied in undergrad?
Where did they finish in their class? (Bush and Kerry had D averages, McCain finished in the bottom third of his class and Hillary went to Vassar in the 60’s. What did they teach there then, how to throw embassy dinner parties?)Nearly all of them are always lawyers so that’s irrelevant.
Where do they see themselves in 10 years?
Can we drug test them? We have to get drug tested for minimum wage jobs.
Can we run background checks? we have to get them.

That’s what I want to know about these people. I could care less what their preacher said, and Hillary’s was arrested for being a pedophile!! SO WHAT!!

The gas tax is 18.2 cents. So for every 20 gallons of gas you buy, you get 1 gallon free…which also depends on WHICH gas you buy, some cars only take premium. If you get 15 miles per gallon and you have a 16 gallon tank, you can drive 240 miles on a tank. You would have to drive an extra 60 miles before you even BEGIN to see a benefit. And to save $36 a month, you’d have to drive another 150 miles.

So you’d have to drive 390 miles ($95 in gas) a month to save $36. And you think this will be a boon to the economy?

Besides, she CAN’T force the oil companies to do this. They have to pass a law through both houses before that can happen, and Bush has to sign it. Sorry, summer would be long gone by the time it ever comes into effect.

Marginally, I would say those who travel for their job or live in the country far from grocery stores and stuff would be helped, and those who drive giant SUV’s I suppose.

Why don’t they look into why diesel suddenly and with no explanation became more expensive than regular gas and maybe give tax breaks to truckers, trucking companies, or other businesses that are willing to convert to bio-fuel to save energy. I know a trucker that started running his truck on vegetable oil. He said it’s great. They even have home converter kits.

How about tax breaks or grants to people willing to set up bio-fuel stations for truckers that converted? Not this nonsense they want. It’s just stupid and won’t ever happen.