Bill Clinton Announces Support for Obama

Bill Clinton has announced that he will support Obama in the presidential race. This is not surprising as the time for a unified front for the Democrats cannot be delayed.

There will be a joint rally coming Friday, held by Obama and Hillary Clinton. Husband Bill will be absent as he will be on a trip to Europe.

It will be interesting to see what slot Hillary Clinton may fit into. But the bitter fight she put up for the nomination may have alienated a large number of Obama supporters. And it may be counter-productive for her to be Obama's running mate. Many other positions are of course viable.

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Hillary Clinton Won the Battle But Losing the War

As many have predicted, the Puerto Rican support for Hillary Clinton was huge, and she had a major victory. She has indeed won that battle, but Barack Obama is winning the war, and they both know it.

Despite her declarations that she will not give up, even after the primaries are over, the clear signs are that it would be a futile exercise, wasting money and resources. Even her husband Bill said ominously in South Dakota that this might be the last day of his campaign involvement. I think Hillary should take the strong hint there.

A graceful acknowledgment of defeat and exit from the race is still achievable. The more she delays, the more pathetic she will look.

Obama is understated, but he is clearly confident of final victory for the Democratic nomination.

Tonight (Tuesday) night will be the end of the primaries. Hillary Clinton has had a doggedly full run. When it's time to go, it's time to go.

Final Days for Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton is marching on relentlessly, despite clear indications that she's not going anywhere. She and Bill Clinton have for some time been looking like a two man comedy act, except nobody is laughing. She's even inspired a clergyman to make jokes about her. The Rev. Michael Pfleger, as a guest speaker in Obama's church, made cruel fun of Hillary. At one point he did a little act, pretending to be Hillary crying over "a black man stealing my show".

Her desperate move to demand that every Michigan and Florida delegate to have a full vote was literally chopped by the Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee, by allowing only a half vote for each. Those primaries were won by Hillary, but the results were invalidated because they were held earlier than allowed. The Committee's decision is really a fatal blow for Hillary.

For the time being, Hillary Clinton is spending the weekend in sunny Puerto Rico. She is trying to appear upbeat. Maybe she is. She is actually quite popular there - even Ricky Martin is a supporter - and is expected to win the primary. However, this will have little effect in the larger scheme of things.

Did We Misjudge Hillary Clinton?

Lots of people have commented disparagingly that Hillary Clinton did not simply "misspeak" about her Bosnia trip, where she said she came under sniper fire.

But with the discovery of this secret footage, we may owe her an apology.
See for yourself.

Hillary WASN'T LYING! Bosnia gunfire footage discovered...

Hillary Clinton Misspeaks about Bosnia Trip | Lies and Fantasies

There has been quite a buzz about the speech made by Hillary Clinton last week. She was talking about her trip as first lady to Bosnia. She remembered landing under sniper fire. "There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base," she said. Was Hillary under sniper fire?

She gave a vivid account that stirs the imagination with a touch of heroism. The problem is this was not what happened. She and her party arrived peacefully at the airport and there was a greeting ceremony conducted in a leisurely pace.

What she said was false - it was a lie. Did she lie intentionally, or did she, as she later said, simply misspeak? Misspeaking (what a funny word) means speaking incorrectly or inaccurately, but is neutral as to whether dishonesty is involved.

But if it was not a lie, it cannot be that she was giving an account of events, while remembering the true facts were different. She was not making two or three misspoken words or phrases. She was recounting an event.

So if it was not a lie, then her description was a fantasy. She thought it really happened when it did not. It's also not mixing up simple events, but re-creating in her own mind a dramatic and life-threatening incident which in fact never took place.

Perhaps she did it in all innocence, and it would be amusing if as a grandmother she was telling the story to her grandkids, but it's pretty scary to have a president (or should one say another president) at the White House who can be so easily possessed by false memories, fantasies and delusion.



Clinton's Experience in Bosnia

Casey Knowles, the Girl in the Clinton Campaign Ad, in Video Showing Her True Colours

Casey Knowles, the girl seen in the Hillary Clinton campaign ad as a sleeping 8 year-old child, gives her own message in this video, with not many sympathetic words for Hillary Clinton and her campaign.

I guess Hillary Clinton really shouldn't use images of persons, even from years ago, until she finds out where they stand politically.

Clinton Ad Featuring Casey Knowles Backfires

Casey Knowles appears in an ad run by the campaign for Hillary Clinton. Casey is now almost 18. The picture used in the ad is a sleeping 8 year-old Casey.

The ad suggests that little children can sleep safely with Hillary in charge, and implies somehow that Obama would not offer the same security, perhaps because of his lack of experience. It was shown in Texas before last week's primary, which Clinton won.

The problem with the ad is that Casey Knowles is a strong supporter of and campaigner for Obama.

Casey told ABC that the ad is "fear-mongering", and a "cheap-hit".

So there we have it, a child sleeping safely in bed who supports Obama. Not the message that the Clinton campaign wanted to send.