The Bushes and the Clintons are the masters of creating their own reality as witnessed by Bush seeing himself as the decider and Hillary seeing herself as the front runner versus Obama ~ but true reality reveals Bush as a failure and Hillary as a pretender who is willing to selfishly create her own deception, and damage the party in the process: Allen L Roland
Amanda Garrett, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, reports, "A staggering 16,000-plus Republicans in Cuyahoga County switched parties when they voted in last week's primary. . . Some Republicans refer to it as "the plot." It started a few weeks ago when conservative radio powerhouse Rush Limbaugh suggested that his Republican following cross over during the primary to vote for Clinton. Clinton, Limbaugh argued, would be easier for McCain to beat in November than Obama... Soon, local morning radio show host Bob Frantz echoed Limbaugh on WTAM AM/1100, and the buzz began to grow... "
The Clintons are well aware of this outrage but say nothing and are more than willing to do anything to regain the White House ~ even at the expense of a united Democratic party.
Many columnists have recently chastised Hillary, including myself, but Ex Presidential candidate Gary Hart caught the most attention when he wrote in The Huffington Post ~ "It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. Most of those rules are unwritten and are based on common understandings, acceptable practices, and the best interest of the political party a candidate seeks to lead. One of those rules is this: Do not provide ammunition to the opposition party that can be used to destroy your party's nominee. This is a hyper-truth where the presidential contest is concerned. "
" By saying that only she and John McCain are qualified to lead the country, particularly in times of crisis, Hillary Clinton has broken that rule, severely damaged the Democratic candidate who may well be the party's nominee, and, perhaps most ominously, revealed the unlimited lengths to which she will go to achieve power. She has essentially said that the Democratic party deserves to lose unless it nominates her." http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030908A.shtml
Also note the subtle race card being played here by Hillary ~ since both she and John McCain are white and Barack is black. This is the Clintons at their worst ~ since Bill already introduced the race card in South Carolina ( which backfired ) by comparing OBama to Jesse Jackson.Now let's deal with reality versus Clinton's self serving deception. Such as, why hasn't Hillary released her tax returns ? Is it because she can legally use half of Bill's wealth to finance her campaign and that could include the $600,000 from Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, $650,000 from a pro-NAFTA Canadian investment firm and $200,000 from a real estate firm which is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party ~ and that would have to be reported. Enough said .... Click on for details http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4952091
According to Thomas E. Mann, an expert on Congress at the Brookings Institution, many Democratic congressional hopefuls believe that Obama's presence on the Democratic ticket could boost them in November ~ "I think it's fair to say that most Democratic officeholders or challengers in competitive districts believe that Obama would be a boost to their campaigns and that [Hillary] Clinton might be a drag," said Mann. "That is the broad sentiment." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/10/politics/main3922008.shtml
The future of the democratic party is Barack Obama who is not only leading Hillary Clinton by well over 140 elected delegates but has gained 45 superdelegates since super Tuesday while Hillary has lost six.
These numbers regarding the Obama/ Clinton race are most interesting. They are from Meet the Press with Tim Russert on MSNBC on Sunday morning (post Wyoming caucus):
