Do-or-die Hillary turns bully as Obama starts to pull away

[ErnestoG]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3382295.ece">from The Times Online, UK February 17, 2008

With her rival ahead in the polls and wooing her bedrock Hispanic and female voters, Clinton is trying to force her way back with a risky strategy that could split her party

THERE is an air of desperation in Hillary Clinton’s camp. The New York senator has embarked on a door-die mission to hector and bully her way to victory, putting her on a potential collision course with Democratic party leaders.
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Clinton, 60, is being driven into her last redoubts as white women, blue collar workers and Hispanics – her core supporters – have begun to peel away. In public she is adopting a feistier tone and a more populist message against the Illinois senator in a bid to stem her losses.

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Privately, her mood has darkened after losing eight primaries and caucuses in a row. The reali-sation that without a series of huge victories in the remaining contests it is impossible for Clinton to win enough “pledged” delegates to clinch the nomination has sent her staff into shock.

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The friends of Bill or “white boys”, as Penn and Terry McAu-liffe, the campaign chairman, are known, have long viewed “Hillaryland” – the closed circle of female friends – with suspicion.

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Clinton’s camp has been circulating stories criticising the “cult” of Obama in the hope of portraying “Obamania” as a mass delusion. Media Matters, a watchdog organisation sympathetic to Clinton, compiled a report headlined, “Media figures call Obama supporters’ behaviour ‘creepy’, compare them to Hare Krishna and Charles Manson followers”.


Does this all sound FAMILIAR, DUers? It does to me. I think I know exactly where some of her campaign operatives have been spending their time online these days. The question is, why on earth would they be so obviously regurgitating Clinton campaign borne slander memes against Obama? Hubris? Pure asshole-ish arrogance? Any of it's possible but one thing is for sure....

Hillary, how does it feel to be looking into Obama's rear view mirror, lately?

[Maddy McCall]

1. Yes, that's me....campaign operative extraordinaire.

Posting for dollars. Woohoo! I've spent six years and 30,000 posts here to establish my cover.

[ErnestoG]

2. Better report home that it's not working....

just a gentle suggestion.

[Maddy McCall]

3. Doesn't matter if it works or not. When one gets paid to post....

one doesn't have to be "effective."

Duh.

[ErnestoG]

6. Her lack of effectiveness lately means you must be doing a great job then.

But good luck on making that work in the private sector after she withdraws.

[breadandwine]

19. Another message from a right winger…

I just received yet ANOTHER cryptic message by carrier pigeon from Stella, that right winger from Texas! Now she’s spitting mad over that Obama cult ---


"Lesson fer Libruls Number 6: The Obamernist CULT:

Dear Librul. Well it looks like time fer the concrete jungle! All right you lilly liver! It’s back ta Hillry gettin’ the nomination. Bama ain’t got no fight in his belly! It’s me again, Smashmouth, Stella the Texan with the last word on the election, and Bama. Bama's just a big cult. All them crazed gooey-eyed drones runnin’ round votin’ fer Bama. Bamer can’t withstand the Hillry blowtorch and he’s gonna lose Wisconcin an’ you KNOW IT! But it don’t matter ANYWAY cuz Texas is Hillry’s firewall. How’s Bama gonna win Texas with the Latino vote an’ all? Bama’s only got one ethnic group, buster. An’ Ohio is gonna be Bama’s DOOMSDAY. Guvner’s fer Hillry, an’ all them ‘lectrical vote machines, vote TABULATORS, all them lil electrons zippin’ around faster an’ a speedin’ lightnin’ bolt! You ever hold an electron in her hand? No way ta check up on all them SUBATOMIC PARTICLES zippin’ around. Perfect fer hackin’ inta. NSA boys uh take care o’ THAT! You KNOW you can’t beat the MACHINE. Face up TO it. Hillry’s the one you need, Hillry’s the one gonna get the nomination! Hillry’s got NEW BLOOD in the campaign with Maggie Williams. An how’s Bamer gonna raise money from all them little Lilliputian DOUGH-nators! Thirty-two million? That money fell off a truck! Ain’t never gonna happen again! So fergit the whole dang thirty-two million thing! He only wins caucus states cuz he’s got them hippie squads o’ grass roots organizers! CULTISTS! One big, crazy eyed cult! Ta all you ‘Bamaniks, grassroots organizin’ don’t mean NUTHIN’! Grass? Isn’t that what they call marijuana? Nuf said. Bamerniks are all on drugs! THAT’S why Bamer admitted ta cocaine use! He was sendin’ a SIGNAL tal all his DRUGGIES! Ahm gonna lay it on the line again fer all you dumb libruls and THIS time I’m nailin’ it on the head, buster boy. First things first. Nominate Hillry. SHE’S THE ONE YOU NEED. FOLLOW ORDERS AN’ NOMINATE HER. You’ve HEARD the cry of the people, right on her town hall infomercial! It was NOT scripted. So listen to REAL PEOPLE an’ vote fer the little drummer girl. Cuz the GOP needs someone with a rubber band smile and no ideas ‘cept what she got from ‘Bama to run against so we can take back the REAL hill, CAPITOL Hill, after you LIBRULS stole it. We’re stealin’ it BACK fair an square, donkey face. And MIGHT I ADD she’ll be puttin’ up Carville as the new DNC head. Say goodbye ta the 50 state strategy, cuz you Dermacrits belong confined ta a few coastal states or what I call BANTUSTANS. Nuthin’ like a good quarantine to isolate a Dermacrit outbreak. And never mind about Hillry’s staff in a panic over a string o’ losses! Repeat after me: FIREWALL. I said FIREWALL. F.I.R.E.W.A.L.L. THAT’S what Texas an’ Ohio is and you KNOW you won’t win THERE. Ahm just lookin’ forward ta yooz cryin’ yer lil eyeballs out when you hit that Texas an’ Ohio backstop. Bill a be campaignin’ in Texas ta bring home the bacon fer Hillry. Trust Bill. He’s Superdog. An’ stop worryin’ about Hillry firin’ her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, long-time leader of Hillaryland, the Ceasar-ess of Friends Of Hillary! You jus’ shutcher face and don’t think about it. Patti wasn’t fired. She was DOWNSIZED from the office! Got nuthin’ ta do with her bein’ MEXICAN so stop playin’ the race card. Things are FINE in Hillaryland! Just FINE! Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE you libruls! I love you ta pieces! I am so lookin’ forward ta Hillry gettin’ the nomination! Just like Ann Coulter’s votin’ fer Hillry! Now you march ta the votin’ booth RIGHT this minute an’ do what Stella says, Vote fer WONDER WOMAN. She can’t lose. Pay no attention to Whitewater, Madison Guaranty, Susan McDougal, Rose Law Firm, Filegate, Robert Fiske, Kenneth Starr, the cattle futures scandal, photos of Hillry smoochin’ it up with Yasser Arafat’s wife, uranium deal in Kazakhstan, Pardongate, sellin’ the Lincoln bedroom, Clinton’s third term, travelgate, Vincent Foster’s suicide, Bill gettin’ impeached, skirt chasin’ all OVER the White House, Monica’s dress, Monicagate 24/7/365 and all the rest of it! But ahm openin’ up a can o’ LOSER JUICE 5000 all over Bama cuz we GOPers got NUTHIN’ on Hillry! You ferGIT about all that cuz Hillry’s a SYMBOL! That’s all you need ta know. I am woman hear me roar, in numbers too great to ignore. Keep singin’ that. Besides. After that internet contest ta pick her CAMPAIGN SONG you just KNOW she’s WITH IT on the internets! Trust Hillry ta protect net freedom! DLC? That stands for DO LOVE CLINTON! Ever hear the expression “Don’t fire till you see the whites of her eyes” --- I mean the whites of THEIR eyes, papaya mouth? Well fergit it. We Republicans would NEVER go dirty on Hillry! What, you think we’re just waitin’ till she gets the nomination? We LOVE Hillry! We can’t WAIT fer her ta get the Dem nomination! We just love her ta pieces! THAT’S why Rupert Murdoch loves her so much! All his hostin’ her and donatin’, an’ all? You think he’s got somethin’ up his sleave? Course not! He just loves her out o’ the goodness of his blushing little heart! I say the goodness of his blushing little heart!! Ya hear me? The goodness of his blushing little heart!! Pay no attention ta all them LEFTISTS tellin’ yuz that Hillry’s road kill in the fall. If we had dirt on Hillry, how come we didn’t FIND any? Now I been hearin’ yuz callin’ Hillry “Cruella deHill.” Now you shutcher trap! Hillry’s the nicest candidate there ever wuz! Race card? Fergit it! Trust a Texan! She never pulled no race card! Cuz McCain’s a geezer an we need somebody really LOATHESOME on the Dermacrit side to bring out all us Death’s Head Republicans ta the polls ta vote! Bama’s a nobody but we got a dossier on Hillry the size o’ Fort Knox, motor mouth. Ya know why yer a motor mouth? Cuz you won’t shut up, biker breath! But the Repubs? We’re nice, polite an’ quiet! You think we’re gonna be runnin’ anti-Hillry ads day an’ night? NEVER! Mentionin’ Hillry in all our fund raisin’ appeals? When did we ever do THAT? Don’t be ridiculous. Hey. We don’t even CARE about money! We’re too NICE ta use that big dossier we got on Hillry! We would never USE it because --- WE LOVE HILLRY. But Bama? He’s a cultist. Repeat after me. B.A.M.A. I.S. A. C.U.L.T.I.S.T. An’ one more thing. About them SUPERDELEGATES. You don’t REALLY think the GROWNUPS is gonna let a bunch o’ commie pinko lefty kiddies start runnin’ off with the party, now do you? You don’t REALLY think Bamer can win after we seat Florida an’ Michigan, do you? Well DO YOU???!!! Listen ta Ann Coulter. No time ta think! March ta the slaughterhouse RIGHT THIS MINUTE and nominate Hillry! Because: We. Love. Hillry. Kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss. You better love her too. Trust me. Trust Stella the Texan. With Hillry you can’t lose. So nominate Hillry. I’m only tellin’ yooz Dermacrits ta vote fer Hillry because we Repubs have YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART, you lousy lily livered, yellow toed, turtle tummied, smash mouth, armadillo ridin,’ buck tooth, sarsaparilla slurpin,’ wild eyed cultist Dermacrits!!!!!! Again, nominate Hillry.



I still haven't figured out what to send back to Stella by carrier pigeon....

[madrchsod]

11. what is the going rate?

i`ve about the same numbers you do but i have`t been paid yet...

[ErnestoG]

14. Depends on how many lamps she throws on losing so many primaries as of late

[meow mix]

4. about time for her signature move, watch the eyes....

gonna be some misting anytime..

[ErnestoG]

5. HAHAA!! Yup, I feel the BIG CRY comin on....

[psychopomp]

7. I have said it before

Divide and conquer plays into the enemy's hands. It ain't gonna happen here unless we let it happen...or do it ourselves.

Unfortunately, there has been a desperate, concerted effort to divide the Democratic base and these accusations of supporters of Sen. Obama as "cult-like" have gone a long way towards opening a fissure in the party.

Much will be written about this election cycle and a good deal of it will deal with the horrible campaign that was mismanaged by Sen. Clinton.

[ErnestoG]

8. I think you are right. But, consider....

that these accusations of cultlike behavior, I have been told (I am relatively new here to DU) were leveled at the Dean camp in 2004. It seems to be a habit of some quarters to trot that one out to discredit the other side.

It's time to retire that one, isnt it?

[XemaSab]

12. I would love to see an analysis of the different factions of the party with names named.

Dean, Gore, Kerry, the Clintons, Obama, Edwards... I'd love to know what they all really think of each other.

[ErnestoG]

13. I bet it would be SAUCEY....

the stuff of "Hollywood Tells All"

[XemaSab]

15. Fo' sho...

and of all of them, the one I would most want to be stuck on an elevator with would be Howard Dean. :D

[ErnestoG]

21. I like how Queen Hillary basically gave Dean the middle finger

for his part in winning back the Congress for the dems.

What a fucking ingrate she is. Given half a chance, Marie Hillariette will send Dean to the gallows for his efforts

[XemaSab]

22. Seriesly

You know they'll get some asshole like James Carville as head of teh DNC if she's in there. :P

[Pirate Smile]

9. Ha - I read your OP and then I read this Diary on Daily Kos - sounds a little familiar.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/17/202050/822/939/458755

[ErnestoG]

10. I'm registered at KOS but rarely check in. Thanks for the link.

[11 Bravo]

16. If by "familiar" you mean plagiarized to an extent that would get his ass ...

kicked out of a sleazy community college, then I have to agree.

[ErnestoG]

17. You must be confused. I posted the article source.

Wanna try that one again?

[WillyT]

18. Particularly Loved THIS Part...

<snip>

Some prominent African-American superdelegates are already switching sides after fearing that they had misjudged Obama’s strength among their own community. Obama’s ability to outmanoeuvre Clinton is showing in the battle for superdelegates.

Jason Altmire, a Pennsylvania congressman, said he remained on the fence for now – but was wondering whether he had a “moral obligation” to let voters know his preferred candidate.

Obama began calling Altmire in July, when he was 20 points behind in the polls. In November, Altmire had a long chat with Obama’s wife, Michelle, who outlined their strategy for victory and sent him a handwritten follow-up note afterwards.

At that stage there was no indication that the Pennsylvania primary – coming so late in the schedule – or his own vote as a superdelegate would matter, but Obama was already planning for the long game.

“They were really touching all the right bases,” Altmire said.

As yet he has not heard anything from the Clintons. Told of the congressman’s story, a spokesman for Clinton asked which state Altmire was from, expecting it to be an early-voting one.

“Pennsylvania? Oh, that is good,” he replied, looking taken aback. It is an extraordinary verdict on Clinton’s campaign that, this far into the race, the formerly inevitable winner is having to play catchup.

<snip>

And this:

<snip>

Despite Solis Doyle’s legendary status as a second daughter to Clinton, she did not have the nerve to tell her the campaign was haemorrhaging cash at an alarming rate, a troubling sign of the fear and apprehension that Clinton inspires among staff.

<snip>

Link: Same article.

:shrug:

[ErnestoG]

20. This is the problem with the "limousine liberal" by the way

which I despise. They throw cash out the window because they feel they are entitled to a never ending replenishment.

Exactly the WRONG signal we need to give Americans who want a SIGN of fiscal responsibility from the Democrats.