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2015-04-25 Government

The Hildebeest v. the Oxpeckers: Dead Candidate Walking

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Ok, so I'm nuts.... but is this actually a strategy? Will the democratic 'presumptive candidate' hold on through the hale of scandal and legal process and then exit the race via a medical 'back door' in the Spring of 2016 ?

Will an empty democratic field present an opportunity for a Federal judge directed, 22nd Amendment set-aside and presidential election postponement? Will a Democratic Convention demand the nomination of Obama for a third term? Will Warren step forward as an Obama third-term running mate ?

What is it that we see taking place here ?

Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-25 03:06|| 2015-04-25 03:06|| Front Page Top

#2 What is it that we see taking place here ?

Stupid people who had things their own way way too long?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-04-25 03:42|| 2015-04-25 03:42|| Front Page Top

#3 The long and short of it is that the publicly funded and those who are plugged in through lobbying bribes and rent-seeking regulatory environments are uncaring about the crimes that any Democrat commits. They will vote for and campaign for them because there is a quid pro quo wherein the recipients of government largesse get protection for their magic income stream in exchange for loyalty regardless of the misdemeanors and felonies that the Democrat might commit.

It is less about stupidity than it is about vulgar greed. We shall now see if that's all there is in the party or if the Warren/O'Malley wing of ideologues really is more than just a small voice amongst greed head thugs.

Posted by no mo uro 2015-04-25 05:43|| 2015-04-25 05:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Do you get the feeling the Clintons are as dirty as a pig sty? And they will never come clean? And that they will never get prosecuted for their criminal misdeeds?

I read and hear lefties who probably watch and read only MSM tripe and know nothing of the Clinton's misdeeds. They are still supporters of Hillary because they are uninformed (or just don't care).

Posted by JohnQC 2015-04-25 11:10|| 2015-04-25 11:10|| Front Page Top

#5 The fact that the scandals are getting traction in the MSM is probably nothing to celebrate. She is being thrown off the back of the bus because the MSM doesn't want her for president. But that is mainly because they want someone younger, more photogenic, more electable, and, most importantly, someone much further left wing.

They don't dislike her because she is corrupt, and incompetent, and stupid, but because she is too far to the right, and because she looks old and tired, and is starting to look like a liability in 2016 rather than an asset.

They want another Obama: young, energetic, pretty, with no trailing scandals, and much further to the left ideologically.

That.

Posted by dlr 2015-04-25 12:58|| 2015-04-25 12:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Run, Lizzie, run!

Posted by Raj 2015-04-25 13:34|| 2015-04-25 13:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Oxpeckers? Not at all what I thought. They [Oxpeckers] are sometimes classified as parasites Fitting.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-04-25 15:41|| 2015-04-25 15:41|| Front Page Top

#8 @#1: Although we got a "Clintonectomy" in 2001, it appears that a significant portion the American electorate may be in the mood for a second go-'round - absolutely astonishing, and a bait-and-switch would not be beyond the possible.

"May you live in interesting times."

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-04-25 16:04|| 2015-04-25 16:04|| Front Page Top

#9 She is being thrown off the back of the bus because the MSM doesn't want her for president. But that is mainly because they want someone younger, more photogenic, more electable, and, most importantly, someone much further left wing.

Yeah. Somebody like Jeb Bush.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2015-04-25 16:59|| 2015-04-25 16:59|| Front Page Top

#10 HILLARY'S RESUME: What She Hopes You've Forgotten

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-04-25 18:28|| 2015-04-25 18:28|| Front Page Top

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