The Clintons are treating Americans as fools

No days have passed that have not shed clouds over Hillary Clinton's credibility as a Dem party candidate. While Hillary is jumping at every single opportunity to stab Obama in the neck, she is at the same time doing everything possible to hide her back side, but for how long?

The Clintons thrive on negative campaigning. It is no doubt that they are responsible for sourcing the Wright stuff, a tactics to cover her failing campaign, the aftermath of the release of her schedules, her coming fraud trial in April 25, the delay in releasing her tax returns and all the rest.

In fact, the Clintons are insulting the intelligence of the American people.

(1) Prior to Ohio and Texas primaries

Obviously, Hillary Clinton cannot beat Obama in the polls, i.e. she hasn't got clearly defined policies to sell to the American people, so she has to use whatever methods she can think of to beat Obama.

Just before the Ohio and Texas primaries, Hillary engaged in negative and fear-mongering attacks on Obama. This involved the release of Obama's photo in an African dress, the 3.AM ad to say that she was most qualified to answer the red phone, although ironically, the little girl in the ad tends to be Obama supporter and would not want Hillary to answer the call.

Hillary has learned that negative campaigning has worked for her, as she won Ohio and Texas although, it will be confirmed by end of this month, that in fact Texas went to Obama because of Texas' two-tier voting system.

(2) The Ferrero dirty mouth

The Clintons' mindset, should give you an idea of the mindset of the people who support them. It is no surprise that Mrs. Ferrero came out with something that can be associated with how the Clintons see the elections since it has not gone as easy as they had planned for.

Whoever thinks that black people have it easy, that be in America, Europe or even in Africa, must be living in denial. What black people are facing day in and day out, will go beyond this US 2008 election regardless who wins it. It will take more than one black US president to change people's perception of the blacks.

(3) The Wright stuff

Has anyone ever wondered who source the Wright stuff and why? Having followed the pattern of the Clintons' campaign so far, it does not surprise me at all that they will do anything to win the nomination. The timing of the coming out of the Wright stuff, is crucial:

• The Ferrero affair was still very fresh and that is damaging to the Clintons

• They were working on the release of their schedules which have some dodgy stuff to question their integrity like their support for NAFTA ["Hillary Clinton's NAFTA Sincerity Problem" @ http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/hillary-clint-1.html]

• Hillary was loosing the popular vote

• The 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq, the financial and human cost of the war and the impact on the American economy. The Iraqi war as another big achievement of Hillary Clinton.

• The looming Clintons fraud trial beginning on 25th April just 3 days after the Pennsylvania's primary [see "Judge delays setting trial in Clinton fraud case" @ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57009].

The Clinton camp's strategy was to create a cloud the hide these things to confuse the American people and distract them from the essential issues that the elections should be focusing on.

(4) The release of Hillary's schedules

"Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?": NO NO NO NO. Since when are the Clintons known for telling the truth?

The long awaited release of Clintons' schedules, has been nothing but disappointment. Not only it does not support her claim of experience that qualifies her as a commander-in-chief, but also, the documents have been modified and they are incomplete.

There are still outstanding requests for other documents. Phone logs have yet to be released and among the stuff that have been released, a lot of things have been modified, names of people removed to hide their identity.

It is obvious that the Clintons are using their connections to carry out some shameful deeds for their political ends. The holdup of the release of these documents, is significantly telling and the fact that there are still requests of documents outstanding, tells me that the Clintons have something to hide:

• Incomplete or modified records

• Phone logs requests still outstanding

• NAFTA was Clintons' baby

• First lady's tourism or American next commander in chief? As the Chinese say, "Beware what you wish for".

You make up your mind.

(5) The delay in releasing her tax returns

• Why are the Clintons dragging their feet in releasing their tax returns?

• Are they buying time to use their connections to modify records?

• Are they buying time for damage limitation due to the Pennsylvania primary?

• Are they buying time for their next fraud trial in April?

• What is the real reason why the Clintons are taking so long to release their tax return which should already have been prepared?

(6) The Iraqi war

All the people who supported G. Bush to invade Iraq, lack the basic common sense. The war has no ground and could have been avoided if not because the ignorance of G. Bush and his father and politicians like Clinton and McCain. Only these people can tell that America is winning the war. The truth is that, there is no winner in the Iraqi war. It was a terrible mistake and we all know it.

Now ask yourself: do you want that mistake to be repeated? If it happened once, it will happen again.

(7) A Republican in Dem jacket

Hillary may be a politician but she does not yet know what her political creed is. She is not a Dem. If she is, she cannot be a good one. Do you know why?

• Hillary gave credit to McCain? What exactly is Hillary trying to do by saying that McCain has experience to be command in chief than Obama? I don't have the answer but it is obvious that Hillary knows nothing about party loyalty and it is shocking to see that there super-delegates still backing her.

• Party rules only apply to others: yes, it wasn't a problem at all for Hillary to go along with the primaries in Michigan and Florida although these states were breaking the party rules on elections schedules. The fact that she is a former first lady does not mean that she is beyond party discipline. Rules are rules and they apply to anyone.

• Hillary is dividing the Dem party and I fear the worst of the state of the Dem party, comes November.

The question I am asking you is:

Do you want another 4 years of G. Bush administration, given the mess in Iraq and current state of the American economy?

If you vote for McCain or Clinton, you are giving another term to G. Bush and a license to kill the American economy.

Related stories:

1. Clinton Lie Kills Her Credibility on Trade Policy @ http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20080320/cm_thenation/1300860_1
2. Clinton Lies and Criminal History @ http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/wiki/Clinton_Lies_and_Criminal_History/
3. Lies, Damn Lies, and the Clinton Administration @ http://www.fff.org/comment/ed0699c.asp
4. Exposing Clintons' lies @ http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071204/EDITORIAL/112040007/1013

The Iraq war: a costly mistake by Hillary Clinton, John McCain and G. Bush

The Iraq war: a costly mistake by Hillary Clinton, John McCain and G. Bush

The Iraqi war started on the basis that Saddam had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and as such, not only pauses security threat for the region but also to America. G. Bush used the fear-mongering of 9/11 to sell the idea of going to the war in Iraq. A lot of Americans bought in the idea as 9/11 was still fresh in people's mind.

As people like Sens. Hillary Clinton and McCain went along with Bush to invade Iraq, they made a terrible judgment. They did not know who their enemies were but that did not bother them at all. They thought they would go there and win the war and get out quickly. We all now know the truth.

The Iraqi war will come and haunt all the people who supported it. It once again shows that even in the 21st century, a lot of politicians like Hillary Clinton and John McCain, are so intellectually under-developed, so much so that they were and are still unable to make the right judgment when it matters most. Have you voted for any of the two? If you have, or are planning to, you have blood on your hand. Why?

Five years on, the war in Iraq shows no sign of going away although Bush, Cheney and McCain will tell you that America is winning. The truth is that, no one is winning the Iraqi war.

What is the financial cost of the Iraqi war to the US?

The full and official financial cost of the Iraqi war to the US economy may never be known. However, according to an article by the BBC "The Iraq war: Counting the cost" @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7304300.stm, "the cost could reach $3 trillion ($3,000bn, or £1,500bn)".

From the same article, the following stats can be found:

IRAQ WAR COST ESTIMATES

• Direct costs: $750bn
• Future direct costs: c$500bn
• Cost of US casualties: $600bn
• Losses to economy: $400bn
• Added interest: $600bn
• Macro-economic impact: $1-$2 trillion

Sources: CBO, OMB, Stiglitz and Blimes

Another article from wiki "Financial cost of the Iraq War" @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War, provides further breakdown and also outlines loss in military equipments.

So, what is the human cost?

Once again, the stats differ depending on which source you look at. Once source put the Iraqi civilian casualties-to-date to 1,189,173 (http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html). Another source indicates that 420,000 and 790,000 Iraqis have died as a result of war and political violence since the beginning of the US invasion in March 2003 (http://www.afsc.org/eyes/dreams-and-nightmares.htm).

As far as loss of American lives are concerned, about 4,000 of American yound men and women have been slaughtered by the ignorance of Hillary Clinton and John McCain (http://antiwar.com/casualties/). These young people did not have any part to play in the decision making process to go and invade Iraq yet, they pay the ultimate price with their lives.

What is the long term impact of the Iraqi war?

It will not be possible to evaluate the full impact of the on-going Iraqi war but what is for sure, is that the Iraqi war is going to drain a lot of American billions dollars for more years to come regardless of whom the Americans eventually choose to lead the country in November. Any exit strategy will very much depend on the situation on the ground and the judgment of the army general, so it won't be known at this stage how long it will take to get the US troops out of Iraq.

The impact on the American economy is going to be astronomical. The current economical bad air is just the beginning of the nightmare to come because too much money has been borrowed and invested in a war that should not have been started in the first place.

What impact does the Iraqi war have on the image of America?

America has lost its positive image in the rest of the world because of the Iraqi war. America has lost its position has the world leader. The world order has changed and America is not leading it. This may sound strange to some people, but it is the truth.

America needs to redeem itself. However, a lot of American people are still sleeping, especially those who are voting for Hillary Clinton and John McCain. They have not yet woken up to the reality facing America. And when they eventually realize what's happening to America, it will be too late.

Vote for Obama to save America. It is not yet too late. Of the three candidates remaining, Obama was the only one who demonstrated good judgment and courage to vote against the Iraqi war. This should give us the reassurance that he will apply common sense again when it mostly matters.

Hillary Clinton's motto: Win the Dem party's nomination "BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY"

Hillary Clinton's motto: Win the Dem party's nomination "BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY"

As the Dem party nomination is reaching climax, it has become evident that the Clintons are ready to use any methods, no matter how immoral and undignified, to win the Dem party's nomination. We have seen the first sign of the Clintons' tactics after the New Hampshire primary but that was just the beginning.

The negative tactics used by the Clintons amount to the destruction of her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama. The photo of Obama in African dressed in a Somali traditional dress sent fear across the voters population. The 3AM Clintons ad, stresses the fact that not voting for the Clintons will be like living America to the mercy of terrorists.

The Obama in African traditional dress has nothing to do with the background of the candidate. Everybody in America and beyond, knows that Obama Sr. comes from Kenya while Obama's mother is from America.

The photo was meant to send a chilling reminder of terrorism and "mutilated bodies of dead American soldiers dragged through Mogadishu's streets" [ref: "The lessons of Somalia" @ http://www.somaliawatch.org/archiveoct00/001025601.htm ]. Obviously, the first thing that came to voters' mind when they saw this photo, was that Obama was a Muslim. Obama is not a Muslim; he is a Christian and has been for the last 20 years.

So it is with confusion that voters went to the Ohio and Texas primaries and I am not surprised of the outcome (although it is still to be decided who the real winner of Texas is - see "Will Split Decision Shift Texas to Obama?" @ http://www.npr.org/watchingwashington/2008/03/split_decision_may_shift_texas.html). Anyway, the point is that fear-mongering by the Clintons, has been allowed to win and it was no surprise to see Hillary Clinton coming glowing.

But Hillary's problem does not end there. She has over-cooked her foreign experience to crown herself the "Commander in Thief" if the American people are willing to buy her CV. Hillary thought she's got away with it, but she has not; why? Because some of the people who used to work for her husband at the time he was in office, are now with Obama. These people will not hesitate to speak the truth. This spoils her party, so my advice to Hillary is not to glow; as they say, you cannot hide your nudity from your bathroom. The last thing Hillary wants, is for her nudity to go beyond the boundaries of her bathroom.

Hillary has also given at least one thing for the undecided super-delegates or the ones who are already on her side, to think of. The credit she gave to McCain, i.e. "Sen. John McCain has a lifetime of experience that he'd bring to the White House. And Sen. [Barack] Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.", is a give-away. This not only questions Hillary's loyalty as true Dem but also shows how far she is prepared to go to drive the Dem party down the drains in order to win the party's nomination.

The question is: should Hillary Clinton be allowed to win the party's nomination by any means necessary?

Clintons' fear-mongering, and negative campaigns

Never before in the history of US elections, have so many people in America and the rest of the world, shown so much interest in the candidates fighting for the nominations for their respective parties (Dem and Rep). The question is why? The answer is simple really: the main attraction is Sen. Barack Obama.

Before the beginning of the primaries and caucuses, Sen. Obama was the little known black candidate, the underdog and as such, was not thought of likely to cause the Clintons a sleepless night. As far as the Clintons are concerned, the nomination exercise was going to be a stroll in the park so that Bill Clinton can come back to the White House where ..., yes, guess what!

So it wasn't long before the Clintons realized that they had a fight in their hands. Sen. Obama proved to be more than a handful for the Clintons; he is a naturally gifted speaker, has personal touch with the voters, is young and charismatic. Hillary Clinton, having planned her campaign on the connections of her husband, including Monica Lewinsky, is realizing that a new formula is required to disable Obama.

Unfortunately, the Clintons don't have any charismatic ingredients to inject in their elections campaign formula. One of Bill Clinton's legacies, was his notorious lie about his affair with Monica Lewinsky: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman".

So it is with no shame, that the Clintons tried everything they could think of to belittle Obama. After claiming the victory in New Hampshire, Hillary made a speech in which she said that Dr. King was an excellent orator but it took a white president to achieve the changes that the civil rights leader preached. By doing so, the Clintons have alienated a lot of African Americans who quickly understood that Bill Clinton was never a black president as most of them used to think.

Not only Bill Clinton was no black president, he was no president for the American people either. He was a president for selected few and does not care about what happens to ordinary American people. If the Clintons care about the ordinary American people, why are they reluctant to declare their tax returns?

The comment referring to Dr. King civil right struggles, was just the beginning of things to come. Then Hillary Clinton came with the case of plagiarism against Obama while she herself has not resisted using other people words, phrases when it suits her. If that was not enough, she published a photo showing Obama in a traditional African dress with a turban. She denied having anything to do with the photo and her ignorant new campaign manager, who obviously forgot her root, defended her boss using some ludicrous arguments.

Obama in a traditional African dress sent the fear message to a lot of American people who saw him as a Muslim, which was the message the Clintons were trying to send. Of course people who were already asking questions about Obama's religious orientation because of his middle name, have now found the missing link, even though the dress has no religious meaning.

Then came the red phone ad. Hillary thought people forgot about her support for the Iraq war. And it is true. People did forget because they voted in Ohio and Texas for someone who voted for thousands of young Americans to be sent to Iraq so that they can be brought back in body bags.

The human cost is not the only problem of the war in Iraq, it is also the billions of American dollars that have been spent to keep the war going. That money could be better spent to make the life of ordinary Americans better. The war also dented the image of America in the rest of the world. If Hillary is to answer the red phone, she is likely to make the same wrong judgment again and this must no be allowed to happen.

A fear-mongering campaign can only alienate people further, in America like in the rest of the world. The Clintons must be reminded that the rest of the world is watching what is going on in America because America has a lot of influence on the rest of the world. If Hillary becomes the nominee of her party, regardless of whether she eventually becomes the next American president or not, it will not go down very well in the rest of the world if her victory was based on smears, fear-mongering and negative campaign.

The lies, the smears, the fear-mongering ads, the innuendos, you name it, have become the pattern of the political campaign of Hillary Clinton. The questions are:

(1) Should the American people be buying in this kind of politics?
(2) Should someone who uses negative campaigning be allowed to win her party's nomination going to the elections in November? What kind of president will she be, a president that divides?
(3) How can Hillary Clinton unite her party with a negative campaigning, should she eventually become her party's nominee?
(4) How will Hillary Clinton's credibility be dented by the countless lies and inconsistencies?
(5) How much damage is this negative campaign doing to the Dem party going into the elections in November?
(6) Should super-delegates arm-twisting tactics be used as the Clintons advocate or should maths be the deciding factor?