The Iron Lady - The Clinton campaign returns from the dead, again!

[elixir]

Great article summing up the drive and determination of Hillary Clinton, a great lady.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/17/080317fa_fact_lizza

"To watch Hillary Clinton during the final two weeks of the Ohio and Texas primary campaigns, as she defiantly ignored the pronouncements of her political demise and pounded away at her opponent in one more interview, at one more rally, was to bring to mind Jason or Freddy Krueger or the sitting governor of California, those Hollywood cyborgs and zombies who, despite bullets and stakes and explosions, will not under any circumstances be vanquished. Clinton’s public performances were marked by an eerily unflappable persistence as she executed an ungentle two-pronged attack: raising doubts about the readiness of her young opponent, Senator Barack Obama, to be Commander-in-Chief and challenging the depth of his commitment to the bread-and-butter concerns of the middle class. On February 25th, during a foreign-policy speech at George Washington University, she surrounded herself with six military men, including General Wesley Clark, himself a former Presidential candidate, and Major General Antonio M. Taguba, who forthrightly investigated the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, to the despair of the Pentagon leadership. Clinton attacked Obama from both the right (he would naïvely grant a Presidential audience to the world’s dictators) and the left (he would unilaterally attack terrorist enclaves in Pakistan). The charges might have been, at best, a distortion of Obama’s positions, but they were surely meant to paint him as unschooled and unseasoned––Barack the Unready."

[XemaSab]

1. There are names for creatures who won't stay dead

:scared:

[elixir]

3. Xemasab?

[Metric System]

14. Obamarosa?

[GoneOffShore]

2. There was another woman known as the Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher.

Somehow I think HIllsnbill is channeling her more than Eleanor Roosevelt.

[elixir]

4. Hopefully the moniker will bring Hillary good luck.

[chascarrillo]

17. Wow.

You don't even try to hide her conservatism, do you?

[GoneOffShore]

21. I certainly hope not.

We don't need Thatcherite politics right now.

[rodeodance]

26. analogy's never tell the full story. Hillary is strong. and you know it.

[shadowknows69]

5. You know if she comes back a third time I think it means she's the anti-christ

Or Muhammad Ali, I forget.

[jgraz]

13. or Glenn Close

I'm NOT going to be IGNORED, America!!!

[shadowknows69]

18. You're bad lol

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Hillary's arranging deck chairs as the party sinks

From a hole she put in the hull.

[Armstead]

8. A Titanic comeback?

[JackORoses]

10. I hear chairs hitting the water

[Lucinda]

7. Thanks for the link!

[Dinger]

9. K & R! : )

:yourock: :loveya: :thumbsup:

[UALRBSofL]

11. I find it interesting, this campaign cycle

I mean it has it's ups and downs and it's kind of silly in a way.I guess it's because we don't have the traditional candidates running for the Democratic nominee.

[GrandmaJones7]

12. Good point!

She IS the Iron lady and you Barack fanatics had better realize she IS our next president! Once we get the Florida and Michigan delegates seated, and the Super delegates are brought into line as they should be, it will all be over and you will HAVE to vote for Hillary. What choice do you have? McCain? Nader?? Puhlease!

[anonymous171]

15. OBEY! no. If she thinks she is magically entitled to my vote, then I'll vote Obama anyway.

[NeedleCast]

19. Another Granny Threatning With Her Rolling Pin

[Adelante]

22. Welcome to DU, GrandmaJones7

How do you know to turn off your profile so fast? You sure are fast learners. :hi:

[GoneOffShore]

31. If the convention is bamboozled by the Hillsnbill show

I'll hold my nose and very reluctantly pull the lever for her despite her fondness for corporatism.

But she has done far more damage to the party in her campaign than Bill managed in his 8 years and I'm including, NAFTA, DMCA, DOMA, Welfare Reform(all of which he could have vetoed), triangulation and the elevation of DLC hacks and let's not forget Monica(who was sort of the cherry on the sundae of Clintonism - so to speak) .

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

16. In her "triumph" she falls further behind in delegates

what a low bar she has set for herself. To lose more slowly is a triumph.

Very impressive that the only way she can get ahead is through attacks that are "at best, a distortion of Obama's position"

Clinton supporters must be very proud!!

[phrigndumass]

20. I admire Hillary Clinton ...

... and would vote for her if she were our candidate. And yes, I admire her drive and determination as well. She definitely has the qualities it takes to run our country, and she would be a good President.

But it's mathematically improbable that she'll win the nomination.

More info ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5055743

[rodeodance]

23. REC

[Umbram]

24. I admire her determination.

I just hope that if she manages to pull this out, it is based on something other than going negative.

With two candidates that are so indistinguishable on the issues, I guess maybe there is nothing but negativity to separate them.

[rodeodance]

25. Hillary ws at her best during the two-minute warning--She was Brett Farve-going for touchdown-in

Oh, tx and RI.

[cali]

27. lol. unflappable? Not even close.

As for coming back from the dead; she really didn't improve her lot, and she should NEVER have been in the losing position she put herself in. She had all the important advantages and blew them. Her campaign has been bewilderingly bad She's a lousy candidate. One of those people who look better on paper than in real life.

[rodeodance]

28. WES is with her--Clinton-Clark

On February 25th, during a foreign-policy speech at George Washington University, she surrounded herself with six military men, including General Wesley Clark, himself a former Presidential candidate, and Major General Antonio M. Taguba, who forthrightly investigated the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, to the despair of the Pentagon leadership. Clinton attacked Obama from both the right (he would naïvely grant a Presidential audience to the world’s dictators) and the left (he would unilaterally attack terrorist enclaves in Pakistan). The charges might have been, at best, a distortion of Obama’s positions, but they were surely meant to paint him as unschooled and unseasoned––Barack the Unready."

[cooolandrew]

29. The slashand burn is what Obama is turning from it has meant no movement in government..

...Barack has kept integrity not just for the benefit of his campaign but for alllour benefit to move legislation.

[SeaLyons]

30. Great Post

So proud of Hillary - she will carry on - she will prevail.

[bunnies]

32. Iron Lady - Iron Maiden. Meh. Torture is torture. nt