Hillary Clinton Openly Admits She Lied, But Then
Accuses Obama of Guilt by Association

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By Mike@seekpeace.com

I?m one of those people who hates hypocrisy, especially when it¹s practiced by those who would govern others. The Philadelphia debate between Senators Obama and Clinton provided a textbook example of hypocrisy.

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FINGERGATE!!!

post from Daily Kos on 19 April 2008 12:58:43 PM. © Daily Kos

Apparently some newsreader on MSNBC named Contessa Brewer recently reported on the most important issue facing America; Did Barack Obama flip off Hillary Clinton????!!??!??

Well, while the newshounds on hot on that trail...psst, move closer...quiet, don't let anyone else know, but remember the other night, in the debate? When Barack Obama was wearing a suit? And he had on that dress shirt? Well, don't tell anyone where you heard it from, but underneath his suit, underneath his dress shirt, he was wearing a tee shirt with a drawing of a hand, with the finger pointed toward Hillary Clinton, and the caption "I'm with stupid."

OK, since I trust you, I'll let you in on a couple other secrets from behind the scenes on the campaign trail.

Before he left the race, once Chris Dodd grabbed a donut off a plate backstage before a debate, dropped it on the ground, put it back on the plate, and took a different donut. He so didn't think anyone saw it, but he's busted.

And, like, OMG!, did you hear about the time that Joe Biden was standing in a group of people, dealt one, and then walked away without saying "excuse me?"

I mean, like, whatev, even I know about this stuff. But what other important issues is MSNBC not reporting? What other scandals do you know about from the campaign trail? Please use this thread to spread the news. But be quiet about it...

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I'm A Member of Moveon.org & A Terrible Bowler

post from Out Of Iraq Bloggers Caucus on 19 April 2008 12:58:00 PM. © Out Of Iraq Bloggers Caucus

The topic below was originally posted in my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal.

As many of you know by now, The Huffington Post reported yesterday that Senator Clinton slammed the activist organization Moveon.org at a fundraiser in February:

?Moveon.org endorsed [Sen. Barack Obama] -- which is like a gusher of money that never seems to slow down," Clinton said to a meeting of donors. "We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party. MoveOn didn't even want us to go into Afghanistan. I mean, that's what we're dealing with. And you know they turn out in great numbers. And they are very driven by their view of our positions, and it's primarily national security and foreign policy that drives them. I don't agree with them. They know I don't agree with them. So they flood into these caucuses and dominate them and really intimidate people who actually show up to support me."

You can read their entire post by clicking here where audio of Senator Clinton?s remarks is also provided. I?m hardly the first blogger to post about this and surely won?t be the last. Many across the progressive blogosphere venting about Clinton?s rhetorical cluster bomb against the Democratic Party?s activist base are far more articulate than me. Nevertheless, I feel compelled to hit back on behalf of this movement I proudly call my own.

I first became aware of Moveon.org when they stood up for the Constitution and supported censure over impeachment during the Monica Lewinsky scandal a decade ago. I was delighted such a movement sprang from the toxic bile of Ken Starr?s witch-hunt. Do you remember Senator Clinton how we advocated for censure as a means of ?moving on??

We were your allies against the racist and misogynist ?right wing conspiracy? represented by Richard Mellon Scaife that you now sit down with to exploit racial divisions. So to paraphrase James Carville, attacking us is ?an act of betrayal? that resembles Judas. Anyway, that was the beginning of the netroots movement.

After 9/11 Moveon.org was an oasis in a dessert of reactionary enablers that included Hillary Clinton in the lead up to the Iraq War. Sadly, Clinton even echoed the administration?s lies about connections between Saddam Hussein and al quaeda! Not only did Clinton fail to read contrary arguments about weapons of mass destruction in the mere ninety page National Intelligence Estimate, she also on the Senate floor said this on October 10, 2002:

?He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001.?

Well, nice that Clinton said ?apparently no evidence? about Saddman and 9/11 but she implied there might be and the rest of the statement was an outright lie. Yet the only contrition Clinton expressed for years was ?if I only knew then what I know now? while her Senate colleagues from 2002 Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, John Edwards and John Kerry eventually redeemed themselves for their transgressions by honestly acknowledging their mistakes. Clinton couldn?t even do that until recently and yes that angered Moveon.org members like me.

Furthermore, Clinton lied about Moveon?s ?opposition? to Afghanistan. Indeed she was echoing Karl Rove propaganda about the Democrats and Afghanistan. There was no organized opposition to America?s response in Afghanistan by Moveon.org. Speaking for myself, I knew there had to be a military response to 9/11 but for damn sure I didn?t trust the Bush Administration to do it skillfully and retain the international community?s good will. And yes I worried about the loss of innocent life, largely women and children, who would lose their lives while nothing was accomplished. Sadly, that is what has come to pass.

Moveon.org members are my brothers and sisters. Fellow patriots and activists mobilized to reverse America?s homicidal/suicidal foreign policy and grotesque erosion of civil liberties. They represent the core of the people powered social networking netroots movement determined to make America the best America it can be. It?s rather like a large extended virtual family that has moved beyond Moveon.org and is really a decentralized community. We coordinate to raise money, phone bank and canvass on behalf of causes larger than ourselves.

Like all families, individual members of Moveon.org and the netroots as a whole don?t always agree about tactics or which candidates to support. For example, I didn?t think the ?Betraus? ad last fall was very smart. Previously, I had intense email debates with other bloggers about my support for John Edwards. I had posted a heartfelt endorsement of Edwards and some Obama supporters I enjoyed email correspondences with over the years hit me hard.

On the bigger picture though we?re on the same side even as squabbles happen over how to best achieve the objectives we share. Once Edwards dropped out I put my disappointment aside because I sensed Obama?s candidacy better represented the sensibilities of this movement I?m a part of than Clinton.

I also hunger for our netroots movement to achieve critical mass beyond white liberal computer literate activists to better combine with organized labor and more effectively fight on behalf of wage earners. We're making substantial progress in that direction as the movement has grown so fast. And yet not fast enough. Hence, it?s easy to become frustrated.

But Moveon?s movement is my movement and I?m in it for the long haul no matter what happens in 2008. The netroots people powered movement is fighting to take the Democratic Party from predatory moneylenders, warmongers and corporatists and push our country towards progressive reform. A tough ongoing struggle waged against powerful interests.

These interests include the incestuous relationship between the corporate media and the military industrial complex as exists between NBC and General Electric. And if you think the recent performance of moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopolous during the Clinton/Obama debate and the perverse reactionary values of ABC?s parent company Walt Disney are a coincidence, I have bridge in my hometown of Brooklyn I?d like to sell you.

Senator Clinton?s whining about activists like myself who are informed, passionate and motivated to fight the madness that war mongering enablers like her supported is quite revealing. Her whining about funds raised online ?like a gusher of money that never seems to slow down," is even more revealing. Clinton receives contributions by the banks and credit card companies ?like a gusher? and supported predatory bankruptcy legislation in 2001. Big money contributors that support Senator Clinton benefit from laws that destroy the lives of families on the financial abyss whenever a loved one suffers from an expensive medical calamity.

Moveon.org?s money doesn?t come from insurance companies, HMOs, Halliburton, Bechtel, BlackWater USA, K-Street lobbyists, banks, credit card companies or other war mongering corporatist predators. Hence, this ?gusher of money? is beyond the comprehension of Clinton and Washington insiders such as James Carville. This money comes from regular folks giving what they can even as we too struggle with our groceries bill, energy costs and mortgages. Yet they call us elitists?

There is also the lie about of our ?intimidating? her supporters at caucuses. Listen up: I subscribe to something Howard Dean has said many times, that it would be far better for this country to have a 100% voter turnout even if Republicans win. I?ve registered all kinds of people to vote who don?t share my beliefs and so have many dedicated activists who also belong to Movon.org and make our voices heard in the progressive blogosphere.

I don?t own a gun or attend religious services. Nor do I wear a flag pin. Neither does military veteran and Virginia Senator James Webb. I?m also not a good bowler. Admittedly, I am ?bitter? about the direction of my country. But I?m as good an American as you are Senator Clinton. And yes I?m a member of Moveon.org and will give another $25 to Senator Obama today. Anyone care to join me and help raise money like a gusher? If so, click here.

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WEEKEND FOOD BLOGGING.

post from Ezra Klein on 19 April 2008 12:52:00 PM. © Ezra Klein

A lot of you are probably preparing for Passover Seders and lamenting how deserts-flour=gross. Well, Smitten Kitchen is here to help.[...]

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Bye Joe

post from Talking Points Memo on 19 April 2008 12:52:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

Ed Kilgore: Face it. Lieberman's not a Democrat.Hopefully once the Dems pad their majority in the senate this November, he'll be expelled from the congressional party. He's gone well past the point of simply not being acceptable as a Democrat. He's[...]

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The Daily Rant

post from My Left Wing - Front Page on 19 April 2008 12:50:25 PM. © My Left Wing - Front Page

Saturday. I need coffee...

But I do have a question about the YFZ Ranch outside Eldorado Texas. Does Texas (or the township of Eldorado, which is incorporated, I would think; it's the county seat) not have laws about what can and cannot be built, even on private land, without a building permit? Hell, where I live, I can't even make "substantial structural repairs" without one.

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Weekend Kid Blogging

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HOLD ON, HOLTZ-EAKIN.

Everyone seems to love John McCain's economics adviser, Doug Holtz-Eakin. And I can see why. I attended a panel with him and he's funny, charming, self-deprecating, and serious. Plus, his reputation is great. But when I saw him, he certainly seemed to be[...]

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Funny Thing About Global Warming...

Those who worry about reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other wonky Al Gore stuff should lighten up. President Bush is on the case. He held a Rose Garden press conference this week and reassured us, ?I?m pleased to say that we remain on track to meet this goal."

For the scientifically challenged, Gail Collins explains it all today in the New York Times:

"Suppose that two years after taking office, George W. Bush discovered that because of the stress of his job, he had gained 40 pounds and was tipping the scales at 220.

"The real-world Bush would immediately barricade himself in the White House gym, refusing all human contact or nourishment until the issue was resolved. But imagine that he regarded getting fat as seriously as he regards melting glaciers, rising oceans and drought and starvation around the planet. In that case, he would set a serious, management-type goal--of, say, an 18 percent reduction in the rate at which he was gaining weight, to be reached within the next decade.

"Cut to the Rose Garden in 2008 where partial victory is declared.'Over the past seven years, my administration has taken a rational, balanced approach to these serious challenges,' the 332-pound chief executive announces. He delivers this good news sitting down.

"2012: Bush hits his final goal and 400 pounds at approximately the same time."

Of course, Bush won't be in office then, but it?s the principle that counts, so we can start breathing easier.

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Im With the Band

I've spent the better part of the week being Glenn Greenwald's entourage (and hotelier) for the DC leg of his book tour, which uniquely qualifies me to lead his 5pm ET book salon here today for Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of[...]

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