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

Imaginary Electoral Votes: Desperate Measures By Clinton Campaign

The Clinton campaign has found a new angle: imaginary electoral college votes. It is sending surrogates out to push idea: superdelegates should vote for the candidate who would have come out ahead if the primaries were awarding electoral college votes instead of delegates. The problem is such fictitious electoral college results will have little/no connection to the eletoral college results in November. (Story from The Clinton Campaign's New Math )

Comments: The Clinton campaign is feeling desperate and resorting to tricky and desperate ways to improve their chances. This does not make the Democrats look good. In the meantime, the Republicans appear to be above all such shenanigans.

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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.

Obama in Traditional Somali Outfit

The release of a picture showing Obama wearing a traditional Somali costume in the northern Somali region of Kenya, with the motive of diminishing or tarnishing his image, is only damaging Hillary Clinton and the Democrats in general.

Obama putting on the traditional costume is no more than a sign of respect for the people he was visiting. His father was from Kenya. The costume consisting of a robe and turban were presented to him by the elders in the north-east region of Kenya.

As a tactic to smear Obama in some childish way, this was rightly described as "shameful, and offensive fear mongering".

The photo was sent to the website Drudge Report, who said it came from Clinton staffers. The Clinton camp has not issued any denial. Instead, Clinton's campaign manager tried to whitewash the dirty tactics by asking why should Obama's campaign find the photo divisive, evading the issue why Clinton staffers sent the photo to Drudge Report, not known for being supportive of the Democrats. Did they send it to promote Obama?

This photo should not be divisive, but the ill-intent behind the act, misconceived as it was, may well be a decisive issue that will drag Hillary Clinton down. It will also damage the Democrats generally. Republicans are probably relishing this farcical charade, and wondering what further gaffes the Democrats will serve up next.

Americans in general will only think that the Democrats have lost whatever moral high ground they have managed to achieve since the Clinton-Lewinsky fiasco.

Perhaps Ralph Nader is right after all, that Americans should have another choice.