An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Battling for S.C., NV
Republicans in S.C., Democrats in Nevada Tout Economic Plans
Hillary Rodham Clinton reached out to poor black voters as she and other U.S. presidential candidates tapped into Americans’ recession fears ahead of important races in South Carolina and Nevada.
Both Democratic and Republican races were extremely tight going into the Saturday contests. The Republicans, after three major earlier races that netted three separate winners, lacked a clear front-runner. Polls in Nevada showed Clinton and fellow Democrat Barack Obama locked in a statistical dead heat with rival John Edwards, but Obama could get a boost from a favorable court ruling Thursday.
Now, I might be extremely naive, but since when does the president, of either party, have control of the purse strings?
Campaigning Thursday in the crime-ridden, largely-black city of Compton, California, Clinton pledged that as president she would improve the economic lot of blacks. Days after she and Obama declared a truce on racial matters, Clinton, who wants to be the first female U.S. president, is seeking support from blacks, who were a key constituency for her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
To be perfectly honest, it’s the Dhimmis who have created the problems in the black community, starting with FDR. The welfare society, the YOU owe ME mindset, etc. Isn’t it about time for the community’s REAL leaders, and I don’t mean the Jackson and Sharpton types, to step forward and take back their independence, and break the chains of slavery from government control? Just a thought.
On Thursday, Clinton outlined a so-called “green collar†jobs program she said she will create to develop alternative sources of energy, and said she would spend $200 million (euro136 million) over five years to help ex-offenders transition from prison.
Uh, the president doesn’t create jobs. Being the ‘smartest woman in the world’, you think she’d know this.
She promised to assist the troubled city’s mayor with his goal of “birthing†a new Compton.
“I know something about birthing,†Clinton said. “You need a president who will be a partner. Who says, ‘What is it I can do to make sure this birth is easy and successful?â€â€˜
Why does this woman make me think of Nicholae Carpathia from the “Left Behind” series? As for the ‘birthing’, hell if that’s all ya need to make ya president, I’m just as qualified, as are MILLIONS of women across this country.
The Republican candidates seized on the economy issue as they campaigned in South Carolina, which has been losing textile and steel jobs. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had touted a similar message in his native Michigan, and it helped propel him to his first win.
At least Romney has a big clue how business works, as do most of the other Pubbie candidate….with the exception of maybe Huckleberry. Not too sure what he knows, other than Scripture.
Mike Huckabee, the preacher-turned politician who is running on a message of economic populism, put the blame for economic worries on Washington while seeking the votes of South Carolina steel workers.
A lot of the blame does lie in D.C., but not all. There are special interests groups (environazis, etc.) all across this country that have been running the show for quite a while, and it might be a good idea to see who is connected to those groups, and can ‘em!
Obama and Clinton later called a truce in the controversy, and Clinton offered another olive branch Thursday when asked whether she would consider choosing Obama as her vice presidential running mate.
“I can’t think that far ahead because it’s bad luck, I’m very superstitious, and I don’t want to be presumptuous,†she said. “But he is an extraordinary man and has so much to give our country. I hope however this works out he will be a major figure in American politics for years and years to come.â€
Do I detect a little sucking up going on in the Dhimmis? Hmmm…. I see a scenario…Obama gets the nomination, picks the Shrilldebeast as VP, they win, Obama dies or is incapacitated to the point he can’t continue, and the Shriller takes over. (shibbers)
Separately, Obama got a boost when a judge in Nevada ruled to allow casino workers from meeting for votes at Las Vegas Strip hotels. Obama has been endorsed by the union representing many of the casino shift workers, and the ruling means those working Saturday would not have to go all the way back to the neighborhoods they live in to be able to attend caucus meetings.
Wait a minute….I thought the unions were in the pocket of the Clintons? Hmmmm…. Curious.
