Where Are All The Hillary Clinton Bloggers?
This is from a post by Jill at Writes Like She Talks.
No, not at WLST. But this most excellent post by Tom Watson lists a whole batch of bloggers whose posts support Hillary Clinton – you know – on purpose. Damn – I called his post excellent – maybe I am a Clinton blogger!
To be a Clinton blogger in the progressive blogosphere is to be hated, shunned, passed without notice in the street. We sit home on Friday nights, cursing at Chris Matthews and being censored by Al Giordano for commenting too often in a field of swaying Obama supplication. We’re not welcome at all the best dKos parties – if we show up, we’re cursed with the universal epithet of those who challenge the Obama hegemony: “troll,” they call us. Sometimes “f’ing troll.” We’re Rovian in our embrace of the monster, closet Bush backers and much worse – Lieberman types! Oh, the pain. The pure pain. I can’t stand it. Makes me want to quit, embrace that messianic goodness, and stand down – for the sake of the party, of course – from any pursuit of a Clinton presidency.
Okay – no – that’s not the good part. Here’s the good part:
READ FULL POST AT WRITES LIKE SHE TALKS
Comments
Comment from Jill
Time: March 11, 2008, 11:19 pm
Thanks, Catherine – what do you think of the premise?! I thought the original post was pretty funny – in a not so funny way.
Comment from Catherine Morgan
Time: March 12, 2008, 12:02 am
Hi Jill. I totally agree…It was very funny, in a not so funny way. It’s actually kinda sad. I wish democrats could be kinder to each other…I don’t understand why we can’t just have a debate over the issues, figure out who would be best to beat McCain, and play nice. No Democrat loses…as long as McCain doesn’t end up in the White House.
Comment from PunditMom
Time: March 12, 2008, 12:28 pm
Catherine, as a Hillary supporter, I say wouldn’t it be great to talk issues and get away from all the other stuff? I’m not holding my breath, though!
Comment from Catherine Morgan
Time: March 12, 2008, 1:14 pm
Hi PunditMom — I think that would be GREAT. Like you though, I won’t be holding my breath.
Comment from Jill
Time: March 12, 2008, 1:26 pm
I think passions, frustrations and hope are running so fierce, it’s kind of blinding – and I think the candidates or at least their handlers take advantage of that, or try to. And some supporters and followers go right with that flow – it’s hard to pull back.
But I am surprised at the people I’m seeing get that caught up – that makes me worried.
Comment from Pedro
Time: March 13, 2008, 1:44 pm
Hillary and Bill Clinton have made a significant issue about how the press is treating Hillary unfairly in their hyper-critical reporting on her and their “softball” reporting on Barak Obama. Hillary maintains she has been fully investigated by the media and Barak hasn’t!
As the Tony Rezko trial begins in Chicago, Clinton and her surrogates are linking Obama to Rezko and the media is speculating about whether Obama will be called to testify as a witness in the case. Obama has always admitted he received $85,000 in contributions from Rezko which Obama has now donated to charity rather than keep.
Yet the civil fraud trial of Bill Clinton for defrauduing Hillary’s largest donor in 2000 into giving her campaign more than $1.2 million, pending in Los Angeles courts since 2003, is now preparing for a November, 2008 trial. The discovery that is now proceeding after a February 21 hearing, and the pending trial, have NEVER been announced by the mainstream media.
Hillary was able to extricate herself as a co-defendant in the case in January, 2008 after years of appeals to be protected by the First Amendment from tort claims arising out of federal campaign solicitations she made. Her abuse of the intent of California’s anti-SLAPP law after the California Supreme Court refused to dismiss her from the case in 2004 is emblematic of her contempt for the Rule of Law.
Hillary will be called as a witness in both discovery and the trial according to the trial court Judge who so-advised Hillary’s attorney David Kendall when he dismissed Hillary as a co-defendant in 2007. A subpoena is being prepared this month and will be served personally on Hillary, along with Chelsea, Pa Gov. Ed Rendell, Al Gore and other well known political and media figures.
Yet the media has refused to report about this landmark civil fraud case- brought by Hillary’s biggest 2000 donor to her Senate race, regarding allegations that were corroborated by the Department of Justice in the criminal trial of Hillary’s finance director David Rosen in May, 2005. That indictment and trial was credited as resulting from the civil suit’s allegations by Peter Paul, the Hollywood dot com millionaire Bill Clinton convinced to donate more than $1.2 million (according to the DOJ prosecutors and the FBI) to Hillary’s Senate campaign as part of a post White House business deal with Bill.
The media – except for World Net Daily- has also suspiciously refused to report on Hillary’s last FEC report regarding her 2000 Senate campaign, filed in January 30, 2006. In a secret settlement of an FEC complaint by the plaintiff in Paul v Clinton, Peter Paul, the FEC fined Hillary’s campaign $35,000 for hiding more than $720,000 in donations from Paul, and it required Hillary’s campaign to file a 4th amended FEC report.
In that report Hillary and her campaign again hid Paul’s $1.2 million contribution to her campaign and falsely attributed $250,000 as being donated by Paul’s partner, Spider Man creator Stan Lee, who swore in a video taped deposition he never gave Hillary or her campaign any money.
Lee did testify to trading $100,000 checks with Paul to make it appear he gave $100,000 to Hillary’s campaign (admission of a felony) but none of that has been reported by the “overly critical” media!
Where is the outrage from Obama that the press is engaging in a double standard relating to his possible role in the Rezko trial and his refunding the $85,000 contributed to his campaign by Rezko- which Obama has always admitted taking. The media makes no mention of Hillary’s role as a witness in Bill’s fraud trial for defrauding Hillary’s largest donor- and Hillary’s refusal to refund the $1.2 million she illegally received from Paul, which she has denied taking from Paul ever since the Washington Post asked her about Paul and his felony convictions from the 1970’s before her first Senate election in 2000?legally received from Paul, which she has denied taking from Paul ever since the Washington Post asked her about Paul and his felony convictions from the 1970’s before her first Senate election in 2000?
Visit Hillcap.org for videos and info. See the video that had over 6 million hit which was taken out, and back again in youtube. Let the truth be told.
Comment from Sue J
Time: March 13, 2008, 3:29 pm
Pedro, what’s your point? That they are both surrounded by big money and unscrupulous characters? Of course they are — they’re politicians.
Can we please instead stay on the topic of where these candidates stand on the issues? If you support Obama, can you please tell me why I should vote him — without saying anything about Clinton?
For example, I support Clinton because her plan for health insurance would provide coverage for everyone.
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Comment from Larry
Time: March 11, 2008, 11:06 pm
I’ve found a few pro Hillary blogs that I notice are very unwelcome to opposing thoughts, but I see some of the same bloggers on pro Obama blogs fitting right in.
Hard to figure.