by Frank James
Was Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, engaging in his own sort of hedging strategy at a recent meeting of Washington State Democrats? Or was the former Democratic National Committee chair engaging in a kumbayah, all-us-Democrats-are-in-this-together moment?
McAuliffe attended the regional caucuses of the Washington State Democrats over the weekend and graciously posed with some grass-roots Democrats.
What's really interesting, as you can see from these photos, is that McAuliffe posed with supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign and that a beaming McAuliffe helped them hold up their large Obama signs for the camera. McAuliffe is wearing his Clinton button but it's dwarfed by the Obama sign he's holding.
We don't want to read too much into these photos. But it's definitely striking to see the chairman of the Clinton campaign smiling broadly into the camera while holding up a campaign poster for Obama with whom Clinton is currently engaged in a fight to the death.
These are certainly not the kind of photos Clinton would want to see on the heels of the Mark Penn controversy.


Comments
Terry's the guy who cost us 2000!
Terry's the guy who cost us 2000!
ditch him Hilary!
Dump him!
Since the Obamas are trying to get Geraldine Ferraro fired from her job, maybe Hilary should just hire her to run the campaign from here on out. She's smart!
. Watch Geraldine Ferraro expose Randi Rhodes for the pea-brained person she really is:
http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2008/04/geraldine-ferraro-responds-to-randi.html
Why wouldn’t the other media outlets run this? Well, Fox knows there’s very little risk of Hilary winning anyway, so why not? But the other mainstream media outlets do not want to get caught doing anything to help THE ONE CANDIDATE WHO CAN STILL BEAT JOHN MCCAIN—AND THAT’S HILARY. Note who’s posting it—Tennessee Guerilla Women. News Flash—Hilary TOOK the mid-South, and you need that to win in the fall campaign. Barack’s fake wins in Iowa and elsewhere (republicans cross over, bosses intimidate caucus employees, stuffed ballot boxes in Minnesota), EVEN WHILE OBAMA REFUSES TO STEP IN AND SAY THE DEMS WILL REVOTE MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA!
Now, watch the Obama campaign trolls call me racist for saying so.
Unbelievable!
Posted by: geraldinetoo | April 7, 2008 8:56 AM
Terry is helping some driveby media outlet with these photos. All drivebys including raadio and TV stations are pitching B Hussein Obama nevermind he's for abortion, gay marriages, infanticide and anti-white, rhetoric, affirmative action for all but white men.He will raise taxes and hangs around with indicted Tony Rezko, Jeremiah Wright, New Black Panthers, Farrakhan, and an assortment of weirdos.He's knee deep in the Cook County Democrat machine and has a paper thin resume but he can talk and prance talk and prance, talk and prance. Forgetabouthim! jerry White, Springfield, IL
Posted by: Jerry White | April 7, 2008 9:05 AM
My least favorite Dem. If he'd had his way, Howard Dean would not have won Congress back for us in 2006. Emmanuel and Carville took credit for that effort famously in the Trib's pages (and were not challenged for that bit of chutzpah--such is polly-ticks). If Hilary keeps McAuliffe at the head of her campaign effort--woe to us in the Fall! Apparently you can be as traitorous as you wanna be if the candidate is a super forgiving female. When will we ever learn?
Posted by: golden oldie | April 7, 2008 9:17 AM
Racist? No. Crazy? Perhaps.
I don't mean to name call Geraldine, but take a step back from your emotional investment in your candidate and think about a couple of statements you made.
Particularly: Fox News is the only news outlet that DOESN'T want McCain to win? Faux News? Conservative bastion, the origin of the ironic "fair and balanced" punchline?
Meanwhile the historically maligned "liberal" press is pushing for McCain?
You've been snowed, Geraldine. Take a deep breath and think why an unabashedly conservative "news" network like Fox is the only one supporting Hillary.
They're not on the left's side and never have been. Nor are they unbiased.
Posted by: John Barry | April 7, 2008 9:28 AM
geraldinetoo - You sound like a raving lunatic. You may want to 'amp down' 40 or 50 notches...unless you WANT to hurt Hillary's campaign even more with rhetoric and blind finger-pointing. Make a clear statement and back it up with evidence, while staying on topic to the story you're replying to.
Posted by: Someguyinatie | April 7, 2008 9:32 AM
geraldinetoo: we won't call you racist, just a little bit misinformed, a little bit one-sided, and a little bit of a "victim-persona" bearer.
Posted by: Howard Roark | April 7, 2008 9:35 AM
Possibly. I know if I was a mccain supporter, i'd stack votes for Obama and make him look like the sure bet: then win it flawlessly in the end. Everyone who didnt know better would be wtfmate'ing for years. There's no telling though if he's all hype or if people really will vote for him. Remember, most people who are republicans are very staunch and voted a former cokehead in. Twice. Mccain is almost a decent human being in comparison and his competition is too busy defacing each other.
Posted by: neuralburn | April 7, 2008 9:37 AM
Ha! Ha! Ha! I think he is trying to cover up his Hillary button! This is Hillaryous! Rearrange the chairs on the Titanic, Thar she blows!!
Posted by: Israel Nutter | April 7, 2008 9:39 AM
You may not be a racist, but that's beside the point, which is that you're not very wise. So, the Obama's are trying to get Ferraro fired from her job, eh? Cite? Hillary's the one person who can beat McCain, eh? Well, that's just your opinion, isn't it? And based on no facts, I might add. Obama's wins were fakes, eh? Says who? Oh yeah, you which, again, means nothing, because not only is that your personal opinion, it's simply wrong. Also, regardless of your personal desire because of your affinity for your candidate, it's not Obama's responsibility to, as you say, step in, to do anything about the Florida and Michigan primary votes. Florida and Michigan were told if they voted early their delegates wouldn't be counted. They voted early anyway, in contravention of the rules. They tried to be cute and it backfired on them. Too bad. I bet they'll follow the rules next time.
Posted by: Onomatopoeia | April 7, 2008 9:39 AM
a reply to "geraldinetoo":
Racist? Of course not. Just extremely enthusiastic about a candidate who--in my view--has never really deserved that kind of enthusiasm. Also, how exactly did McAuliffe hurt the party in 2000? He wasn't the chairman until 2001; maybe you meant 2004 or 2002. If so, I'd agree with you; he certainly did preside over a pretty grim period for the party.
As for the photos, they're curious. It would seem that he's just being friendly, but usually political veterans on his level are more careful about taking those kinds of pictures. Weird.
Posted by: James | April 7, 2008 9:45 AM
No Geraldinetoo, won't call you a racist. You haven't made any comment here that can be construed as racist. Delusional, yes. Racist, no. Keep living your dream of a saffic empire, don't let the real world get in your way.
Posted by: Larry | April 7, 2008 9:47 AM
You might want to check your meds.
Anyway, maybe some people want the Democrats to win regardless, so we can end the war, and concentrate on actually making the country safer. Or, you can be a nutcase like the above poster and use ALL CAPS to say how ANGRY you are, foaming at the mouth, etc. Whatever.
I'll vote for Obama or Hillary, not that war monger.
Posted by: Franklin | April 7, 2008 9:47 AM
It is amazing that the Clinton Camaign has devised their strategy around nothing but negativity and divisiveness.
Divide and conquer is the strategy, and so Geraldine Ferraro makes statements that can only be termed racist, and the Clinton campaign responds by attacking any response as racist.
Next, they attack Reverend Wright, playing snippets of speeches out of context to imply that he is radical and dangerous.
Then, Hillary changes her mind, after agreeing to abide by a specific set of rules, and wants Florida and Michigan counted in a way that is obviously not fair to the voters in those two states. At the same time, she states over and over how much she is just defending truth and honor.
Who knows, maybe McAuliffe is having second thoughts.
Posted by: Larry Gilliam, Elverta, CA/USA | April 7, 2008 9:47 AM
Hate to break it to ya geraldinetoo, but the lastest polls at realclearpolitics show that McCain is favored over Hillary and Obama is favored over McCain.
The problem with the Hillary campaign is that it is horribly chaotic and disorganized, underfunded compared to Obama and using weak unsubstantiated arguments to try to stay in the race.
We don't need our country run this way and the way Hillary is running her campaign indicates how she will be as Commander in Chief; SLOPPY.
Posted by: Anna | April 7, 2008 9:51 AM
What planet are you on Geraldinetoo? Do you really believe the "most disliked", "can't get it right", woman in American politics can win? The facts are clear that she cannot. She is bringing down the party for her own selfish egotistical interests. She needs to get a life. "This ain't Survivor"! The "time of the Clintons" has passed. You should accept reality and welcome the new generation of leaders in the democratic party. Go Obama!!!!!
Posted by: Ron Tirleton | April 7, 2008 9:52 AM
It always amazes me just how angry Hilary supporters are (I'm looking in your direction geraldinetoo). It's as though they are incredulous that anyone would get in the way of the coronation they had planned for Hilary. Originally I wasn't interested in the primary process because it seemed all our major candidates were good ones, but after watching Hilary's Karl Rove-like campaign and listening to her enraged fan base I can't help but root against her.
Posted by: kyle | April 7, 2008 9:53 AM
As an Obama supporter I would like to second some of what geraldinetoo said. Please please please make Ferraro your campaign manager Hillary. Nothing would make me happier. Nothing would be better than a strategist who, by her own measure, during her vice-presidential campaign was sure that her reaching that point was merely because she was a woman, and clearly not because of anything she had actually done. I don't think that's true of Hillary, but it would be great to pull someone like that close to her.
As for who can beat McCain, I'll just say that the fact that twice as many Democrats have voted in the primaries as Republicans, and that about half of the Republicans hate McCain and always will, as well as the fact that he seems to be making gaffes on a daily basis (Shiite Iran supporting Sunni al Qaeda?! "I do not have enough economic experience"?! I can go on...) tells me that the only way the Democrats lose is if they tear the party apart. The only way that happens is if Clinton wins the popular vote, and Obama wins the deleaget count. If that happens neither candidates will seem legitimate in the eyes of half the party, and we could be in trouble. But that looks extremely unlikey.
Oh, and as for primary wins, especially ones that were within five points of each other, assuming they are predictive of the general election is just silly. Newsflash: both parties vote in the general election, and Democrats that voted against some in a primary rarely do the same in a general election.
One other point: Clinton was half of the reason that re-votes did not occur in Michigan and Florida. She refused to even consider holding caucuses, which are way cheaper and take less time to arrange. Obama was against having primaries funded by Hillary supporters. I can't imagine why, considering that Hillary somehow managed to get districts in Harlem to post 0 votes for Obama, a result all observers said was clearly absurd. Privately funded elections are never fair elections. Hillary only wants results to count if they are in her favor. Otherwise, forget about it. It's why she talks about disenfranchising people when speaking about those two states, but not when she wants the super-delegates to overturn the pledged delegate and popular vote results, or when she is trying to convince pledged delegates to switch their votes afte the voters have spoken.
Posted by: shockedAndAwed | April 7, 2008 9:54 AM
Geraldinetoo, I don't know if I qualify as an Obama troll, but I do support him, and take offense that you characterize his wins as "fake". ( not in any sort of racist way, mind you)
The narrow margins she has won by indicate that many Dems DID vote for Obama in "her" states, so its not as if he's wildly unpopular there. Also,I don't think the majority of republican crossover votes for Obama are "fake", I think those folks intend to vote for him in the general. The same can't be said of Rush Limbaughs idiotic "operation chaos" voters,who actually have been helping Hillary's numbers lately.
On the electability question, whoever winds up getting the most votes wins that argument, Explain to me how winning more votes in the primaries makes a candidate less "electable" than the candidate with fewer votes.
Please don't start with the "only Hillary's states matter" argument, since I don't believe big swaths of Hillary voters will ditch the party if there girl doesn't make the cut. That notion gets fed by right wing trolls on these boards, to further fracture the Party.
The Florida, Michigan delegate question will be settled by the Party, not the candidates.
The argument that it's Obama's "fault" is hogwash. They both signed onto the rules at the outset, you can bet that if Obama won you wouldn't be SHOUTING at us about it.
BTW,I will be voting for the Dem candidate, be it Hillary, or Obama, come November, please do too!
Posted by: Fred L. | April 7, 2008 9:55 AM
haha. hopefully we won't see that in cable news. It cuts both ways. The media will go wild and rank-and-file democrats will be enamored of clinton. Of all things that could soften her image, this is the one. I think they've become a little bit more savvy since Penn left...lol
Posted by: lupercal | April 7, 2008 9:56 AM
I'm with you, geraldinetoo!
Posted by: Alex | April 7, 2008 9:58 AM
Interesting. Most likely the fellow just having a bit of fun, but still interesting.
Oh and geraldinetoo, might consider cutting down on the caffeine just a touch. Passion is good, white around the eyes isn't - if you want to converse with people rather than start flame wars anyhow.
Cheers,
Michael
Posted by: MichaelH | April 7, 2008 10:01 AM
He's just practicing for July when Obama will be the nominee and Hillary will still be dodging sniper fire. Her inability to tell the truth about anything from NAFTA to Bosnia to Iraq, etc., had disqualified her in the eyes of veterans and blue collar workers across America. They don't want another Toy Soldier in the White House. Today's Pennsylvania poll shows them even at 45-45%. Last month she was up by 29%. Since Super Tuesday, Obama has picked up 69 Super Delegates. Hillary has LOST 2. Bye, bye, Shrillary.
Posted by: Gary Mialocq | April 7, 2008 10:03 AM
Geraldine, I think your caps lock key is a bit sticky... might want to look into that. Also, if you really want to show support for your candidate, a good place to start would be spelling their name correctly. ;-)
Posted by: Forrest | April 7, 2008 10:08 AM
How can you say Hillary is the only candidate that can beat Mc Cain when Obama has already beat her?
You reasoning is quite absurd.
Posted by: Jason | April 7, 2008 10:08 AM
Interesting photos. Perhaps he knows something most Hillary supporters will not acknowledge. Then again, everything from words to deeds in the Clinton campaign has an ulterior motive and a flip flop inconsistant meaning.
Posted by: Mary Blu | April 7, 2008 10:08 AM
I still say, I'm for Obama, but if Clinton beats him, I'll vote for her.
I want a Democrat as the president, plain and simple. We HAVE TO STOP bashing each other!!
Geraldinetoo, stop dividing the Democrats.
Go Obama, Go Clinton, Go Away McCain!
Posted by: Luis B | April 7, 2008 10:09 AM
Terry's shell-shocked.
Posted by: Tom J | April 7, 2008 10:09 AM
I like Senator Obama a lot and I'm glad he's a senator in my home state, but I'm voting for Hilary Clinton, and I hope, hope, hope that she wins, because she is by FAR the best candidate to lead this country out of the morase that it is currently in. Please folks. Give Obama a chance to get more experience so that he can lead us in eight years. For now, it has got to be Clinton!
Posted by: Rzeke | April 7, 2008 10:10 AM
geraldinetoo,
I watched your link to the FOX News interview with Geraldine. I laughed. The whole way through. Was she really complaining about statements made by a stand up comedian? LOL. Why is her "Queens humor" somehow permissible but Randi's isn't.
I'm sure that Randi wasn't trying to say that Geraldine would lynch blacks. Just like Geraldine wasn't saying Barack's ONLY plus is being black. But does Randi not get to explain her humor. Then again, Geraldine wasn't really joking was she. Get out of here.
Finally, the comparison to Don Imus is laughable too. Don Imus lost his backers. In a free market system, commentators are hired or fired based on the revenue they bring in. If Randi's supporters stop paying, then she deserves to be fired. If not, let's keep going.
Oh wait, one more thing. How is 24 people calling from Texas a sign of something organized by Obama. I am an Obama supporter and I can organize twenty pizzas for delivery in the next hour. Does Obama support grease? Obviously, his campaign has the ability to mount a subversive attack via cholesterol. Get out of here again.
Obama 2008
Posted by: CHris Stewart | April 7, 2008 10:10 AM
I think Terry sees the handwriting on the wall. And you're probably no more an unconscious racist that most, just blinded by a fervor for your candidate Hillary. The truth is a Barack Obama presidency will change politics in this country on its head, giving power back to the people, by snatching it from the clutches of multinational special interests: and that's exactly what the status quo is afraid of.
Posted by: Mike George | April 7, 2008 10:15 AM
If that's not grounds for dismissal I don't know what is.More fine judment by Hill and the average white males she sorrounds herself with.
Posted by: ida | April 7, 2008 10:18 AM
I don't think you're a racist, just crazy.
Posted by: Marc | April 7, 2008 10:24 AM
I don't think anybody gives a rat azz about you or what you say. Keep blogging. We're just going to ignore you - it's only you.
Posted by: Maggie Williams | April 7, 2008 10:25 AM
Ferraro is an idiot and she left, a win is a win there wre caucuses when bill ran u didnt bashed them then, each party chooses how 2 seat delgates, and the fact is she cannot win, her negatives is around 40-45%, the places she wins are racists backward older folks uneducated mostly who lost jobs to HER NAFTA, Penn, Bosnia, Monica, and constant lies is her only game.
Posted by: neg | April 7, 2008 10:29 AM
geraldinetoo, you are on pluto
Posted by: geraldineone | April 7, 2008 10:32 AM
No, I won't call you racist 'geraldinetoo'... oddly that's what you want.
I will call you very uninformed.
(Or maybe 'selectively informed' would be a term you're more comfortable with.)
You are right though... only those states that Hillary won the elections in have any merit. Maybe she should run for President of the 16 States of America.
Posted by: Franklin | April 7, 2008 10:34 AM
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Share your opinion here
Posted by: Timmy | April 7, 2008 10:37 AM
geraldinetoo,
"fake wins in Iowa & elsewhere" because Republicans crossed over? That's what will happen in the general election. Most voters dislike Hilary. That's not an opinion; look at the polls.
Regarding Michigan and Florida: In Michigan, Obama wasn't even on the ballot because he was following the rules to which the Michigan Democratic Party agreed; move up the primary and lose your delegates. Now that they got exactly what they were promised (and to which they agreed), it's suddenly unfair? Why? Florida got the same treatment for the same reason. Don't like it? Toss out your state Democratic Party leaders because they're morons who believe the rules (to which they agreed!) now don't apply to them.
No, you're probably not a racist; just stop whining, okay?
Posted by: rumplestiltskin | April 7, 2008 10:37 AM
HUH? THIS IS ALL EMOTION AND NO FACTS... JEEZE, THE FACTS ARE HILLARY IS A LIAR!!! DRIP DRIP DRIP....''
SORRY SHE DID IT TO HERSELF!!! OBAMA HAS RUN A BETTER CAMPAIGN AND RQAISED TWICE AS MUCH MONEY!! THAT IS A FACT... STICK TO THE FACTS PEOPLE, AND NOT EMOTIONS...
Posted by: MIKE | April 7, 2008 10:38 AM
Wow Geraldinetoo, you've got a conspiracy theory for EVERYTHING. She fired her first campaign manager, and now her strategist and you want her to fire her campaign chairman too.
All her alleged experience (bringing peace to Ireland though the guy who won the Nobel for it said she wasn't involved, opening borders for fleeing refugees that were opened two days before she arrived) isn't helping her much in running a campaign.
She's a big liar and a terrible manager. She can't get along with anyone.
And she, the lady whose campaign owes 13 million dollars in unpaid bills that are over two months old will fix the economy.
She still owes Deli owners in Iowa for food she ate, but there's no reason for her to dip into her personal fortune of over 70 million dollars IN CASH to pay some poor working people in Iowa because, after all, Iowa has already voted, why should she give a rat's ass about Iowa?
Keep enjoying your conspiracy theories about stuffed ballot boxes. Pretty soon the mother ship will arrive and take all the Hillary supporters to a better place.
By the way, did you notice that THREE different polls have her running even in Pennsylvania?
What's your conspiracy theory for that?
Oh wait, poor little (rich girl) Hillary is "outspent" and being "bullied" by all the big bad men that want her out of the race.
Boo hoo.
I'm a woman and all my life I've wanted a woman president, but not her.
Do you see John McCain crying "ageism" when the Press says he has a "senior moment?"
No, because he's not a big baby like Hillary.
And Obama has never once (NOT ONCE) claimed racism in the press. Others have, but not he, and he never will.
He has class, leadership, brains, and dignity. He will be one of our greatest Presidents ever.
Posted by: Cathryn | April 7, 2008 10:38 AM
Are there really people out there, with a common sense,who read and followed all the news connected to her, who would vote for Clinton???
Posted by: corinna kroth | April 7, 2008 10:40 AM
Being president requires, among other things, the ability to pick the right people to surround yourself with and to then effectively manage those people.
Judging by the way Clinton has chosen and managed the people around her, it's fair to say that she does not possess the ability to effectively run Guam, let alone the United States.
Posted by: John in Chicago | April 7, 2008 10:42 AM
Now, when will Hillary step down ? This is really becoming pathetic. Yes Clinton supporters... we all know that Hillary has every 'right' to stay on ... just NO good reason at all. What she is effectively saying Now is that she is willing to sacrifice the Democratic Party's chances in November to insure her leverage to petition for the VP slot. That's pretty Sleazy politicking Clinton supporters and you know damn well it is. What does that make YOU at this point?
Posted by: PulSamsara | April 7, 2008 10:43 AM
Well, then. It would appear that you've made up your mind. I won't bother to confuse you with any facts in that case.
I will, however, cite Benjamin Franklin's early caution to what were at the time merely would-be revolutionaries: "We must all hang together, else we shall most assuredly hang separately."
I understand that you're frustrated and feeling betrayed. I'd like to remind you that feelings are not a reliable test for reality. If for no other reason, consider refraining from harsh attacks because you're giving the GOP ammunition that it can attribute to Democrats.
The problem with an all-or-nothing approach is that it doesn't take unpredictable events into account.
Also, stubbornness is bad for your neck. Let us consider what it is that we want in the long run. If all that you want is for a certain candidate to win, you might want to consider that you're excluding other options in case of emergency.
That is, it's a good idea to have more than one plan. After all, we're human beings and prone to misinterpretation.
Posted by: Brad Eleven | April 7, 2008 10:43 AM
If you can produce legitimate proof of those accusations, I'm sure we'd all be interested.
Thanks
Posted by: Erica | April 7, 2008 10:44 AM
Regarding Obama's comment on running mate & his personal knowledge of international events & what the appropriate response would be & keeping USA as safe as possible. When he made the comment"bunch of stuff" in his response he is showing his total lack of proper ENGLISH & verbage. He will show our young people what Bill Clinton did, do as I say, not as I do.
Posted by: Jeffrey | April 7, 2008 10:44 AM
I don't think you'r a racist, you're just an idiot who believes the Fox News/Clinton propaganda. Fox is supporting Clinton because they know they can beat her.
And Ferraro, who you love so much, has certainly been playing the part of the divisive racist, playing right into the republican propaganda machine's hand.
Posted by: Andrew Williams | April 7, 2008 10:45 AM
Regarding Obama's comment on running mate & his personal knowledge of international events & what the appropriate response would be & keeping USA as safe as possible. When he made the comment"bunch of stuff" in his response he is showing his total lack of proper ENGLISH & verbage. He will show our young people what Bill Clinton did, do as I say, not as I do.
Posted by: Jeffrey | April 7, 2008 10:45 AM
So geraldinetoo,
Over and over Senator Clinton has stated that she is the one who can win the so called big states, i.e.. California, New York, Ohio(By the way Obama won Texas). Are you saying that if Senator Obama gets the nomination she would not go into those states, campaign and attempt to get those votes for him? Whom do you expect the voters that supported Senator Clinton in the primaries to support? Will they be encouraged to vote for the party's nominee?
Will you vote for the party's nominee if it is Senator Barack Obama? If Senator Clinton doesn't win Pennsylvania , then what? If we have a do over in Florida and Michigan and she doesn't win, then what? How many fire walls does she get?
Posted by: Carolyn Carrier | April 7, 2008 10:45 AM
geraldinetoo you might or might not be a racist. but, you are certainly a fool.
McCain is a better Hillary than Hillary... pro war, experience over judgment, pandering the coalitions supporting her candidacy.
Obama is a natural born leader. He is rationally against the war. He will beat McCain where Hillary would spend all her time "fighing" the republican machine pointing out that she and her husband were paid silly amounts of money ($250K) for twenty minute speeches. Everyone knows that's a bribe. And then the blue dress issues, and whitewater...
let's skip the Clinton's power grab and move on.
Obama 08
Posted by: JaneDoe | April 7, 2008 10:46 AM
Hillary Clinton lost my vote when I found out McAuliffe was leading her campaign. As head of the DNC his mantra was "We need to be more like Republicans." As a result, Democrats lost the House, the Senate, The White House and we have a Bush Supreme Court. Why on earth would I vote for Hillary and put this man back in a position of power. It terrifies me to see him holding an Obama poster. McAuliffe epitomizes "The Spineless Donkey" of the old Democratic Party.
Posted by: JGarrett | April 7, 2008 10:46 AM
geraldinetoo, you're a racist.
well.... you asked for it :)
Posted by: Troll | April 7, 2008 10:50 AM
These photos represent what's called, "A Moment of Clarity: Realizing and Embracing the Inevitable!" Terry is just like many of Clinton's other staffers who can't wait to jump ship once Hillary is finally forced out. It's clear that she's either delusional and thinks there's a chance she can still win or just doesn't care about anyone but herself and is content to drag the party down by staying in the race and slinging mud at Obama, even though she knows he will represent the democrats in the general election.
Posted by: kmfinc | April 7, 2008 10:50 AM
geraldinetoo, try decaf...or maybe a valium...
Posted by: a reader | April 7, 2008 10:51 AM
The toilet is flushing and HRC is spiraling down, down, down...
Posted by: Dave | April 7, 2008 10:51 AM
Whooppeee! Hilliary Clinton will love these photos!!!
Boy, things sure have not gone well for her the past couple of weeks. She's a goner.
Posted by: NinaK | April 7, 2008 10:53 AM
geraldinetoo ------
Why don't you accapt the fact of where McAuliffe wants to be. It's clear of your denial. Allow him to SHOW his heart.
Posted by: Greg | April 7, 2008 10:53 AM
So why does he still have the hillary sticker on his shirt?
Posted by: Gayron | April 7, 2008 10:55 AM
Geraldinetoo,
Your not a racist. Your a troll. And this article is too good to be true. looooooooool, loooooool.
Posted by: dale | April 7, 2008 10:56 AM
No, I wouldn't call you a racist. Delusional, perhaps. As a former Clinton supporter, I do understand McAuliffe's urge to change his mind too, especially in the wake of recent events. However, Hillary's losses are not his fault, but her own. We all need to rally around the only candidate who can really defeat McCain this fall. I think we all know who HE is....
Posted by: Robyn | April 7, 2008 11:00 AM
So let me get this straight. The vast media conspiracy against Hillary will not run photos of her campaign chief posiing for photos with Obama supporters because they don't want to help Hillary? That's just as twisted as saying that only Hillary can beat McCain. The last time I looked, Hillary can't even win her own party.
Posted by: ceekay | April 7, 2008 11:00 AM
Geraldintoo,
First off, nobody from the Obama camp called Geraldine a racist. Obama said that what she said was divisive. It was divisive in 1984 when she said it about Jesse Jackson, and it is divisive in 2008 about Obama. There is truth in what she said, but Obama's candidacy is bigger than his race. A political candidate is the sum of all their parts, and all their parts give them advantageous and disadvantageous. It is no mistake that the last two Democrat presidents were from the south. The Democratic Party needs at least a couple of southern states to win a national campaign. But it would be divisive to say that Bill Clinton would not have gotten as far as he did if he were from Main or Washington. That statement may be true, but what it does is pigeonhole him into only being a southerner. Bill Clinton is much much more than just a southerner. Just like Obama is much much more than just a black man (or white man depending on what side of his family you look at). Rhandi Rhodes did make some outrageous statements and she was rightly suspended. Rhodes gets paid to be shocking and outrageous, so sometimes she is going to cross the line. She crossed the line here.
Posted by: Jasper | April 7, 2008 11:04 AM
Geraldinetoo: You are a racist. Happy now?
Posted by: Obama Campaign Troll | April 7, 2008 11:07 AM
Obama is ahead in PA now!! Bye Bye HRC, thank god!!
Posted by: William | April 7, 2008 11:08 AM
geraldinetoo : Just Chill, will you! It is great that you promote your candidate, what I think most people don't want to see is negative attacks. I happened to support Obama and I focus on what his position on issues are and his character. I am very much turned off and disgusted by personal destruction tactics and attacks. That is what attracted me to Obama in the first place.
Posted by: Jan E | April 7, 2008 11:08 AM
The next person who should leave the Clinton campaign is Hillary. While McCain takes all the time he needs to find the strongest running mate, Obama spends 80 hours per week fighting for a nomination he's already earned. She needs to get out now and give him time to prepare for November and identify a VP who can offer the best balance. Here's how it can and still should work:
Posted by: GHarri | April 7, 2008 11:10 AM
So a top Clinton person shows that her campaign has class and can reach across to an opponent. I'd say that's actually putting some action behind words. When are Obama and his supporters going to stop bashing Hillary and show some party unity? Don't think it will work after you've spent so much hatred on tearing a woman down.
Posted by: Bemused | April 7, 2008 11:11 AM
I fail to understand how Clinton can beat McCain in the fall when she can't beat Obama in the spring and summer.
Posted by: Sam | April 7, 2008 11:18 AM
We all need to rally around the only candidate who can really defeat McCain this fall. I think we all know who HE is....
MESSIAH
Posted by: lol | April 7, 2008 11:21 AM
To all the Obama supporters knocking geraldinetoo. I keep seeing you folks write "your" as in "you're a fool." Please learn the difference between your and you're.
Also, I believe what Geraldine may be referring to in her statement that most of Obama's victories were fake is that many of the states he won were caucuses. Obama won most of the caucuses, which are much different than primaries. Also, Hillary has won most of the big states: California, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, etc. Obama has won many smaller states and states that he will not win in November.
Also, John Barry, "Feaux" News wants Hillary to win? OK, whatever.
Judging by ridiculous comments like Mr. Barry, the incredible lack of grammar, and the hysteria over Obama, truly a candidate who is not qualified to be prez, shows just how out of touch with reality Obama supporters really are.
Posted by: John D | April 7, 2008 11:23 AM
Obama supporters have a lot of nerve referring to Hillary supporters and "dilusional" and "overcome with emotion." (pot, meet kettle). If you think for one minute that this silver tongued charlatan immersed in corrupt Chicago politics can unite this Party or this country it is you who are delusional. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
Posted by: RC | April 7, 2008 11:23 AM
Maybe he's just trying to change the subject away from Mark Penn?
Posted by: CC | April 7, 2008 11:42 AM
Why are Clinton supporters so angry and seemingly hate-filled? Obama is not qualified to be President, John D? Really? And he's a charletan, RC? Also, when was the last time Obama bashed Hillary, Bemused? You folks are grasping for straws that don't exist at this point, and it is quite sad.
Posted by: Onomatopoeia | April 7, 2008 11:43 AM
Obama's "Electile disfunction":
http://www.mydd.com/tag/2008%20Election%3B%20SurveyUSA
Ignore it at your peril. THIS is the ONLY "math" that matters.
As a lifelong democrat, I will take great pleasure in watching Obama become this millenium's George McGovern. The Democratic party has sold its soul. The "Great Uniter" that is supposed to unite the country can't even unite the Democratic party, but y'all keep pressing on under false pretenses. Makes me wonder who really IS delusional?
Maybe the Democrats DO need a crushing blow in November to rebuild itself. Thank God the Republicans ran a man most centrist democrats will have no problem crossing over for.
Posted by: WestPalm4Hillary | April 7, 2008 11:47 AM
Obama's "Electile disfunction":
http://www.mydd.com/tag/2008%20Election%3B%20SurveyUSA
Ignore it at your peril. THIS is the ONLY "math" that matters.
As a lifelong democrat, I will take great pleasure in watching Obama become this millenium's George McGovern. The Democratic party has sold its soul. The "Great Uniter" that is supposed to unite the country can't even unite the Democratic party, but y'all keep pressing on under false pretenses. Makes me wonder who really IS delusional?
Maybe the Democrats DO need a crushing blow in November to rebuild itself. Thank God the Republicans ran a man most centrist democrats will have no problem crossing over for.
Posted by: WestPalm4Hillary | April 7, 2008 11:48 AM
Since no one has noted it here, as far as I've read, these photos are obviously 'shopped. And poorly I might add. BTW, I support Obama.
Posted by: cowboyneal | April 7, 2008 11:59 AM
A sure sign of the times to come!
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2008/04/sign-of-times-to-come-terry-mcauliffe.html#links
Posted by: KYJurisDoctor | April 7, 2008 12:00 PM
As a former HRC supporter and lifelong Democrat I can tell you Obama is the better choice. We don't need 4 more years of lies and cover ups which I clearly realized after the Bosnia thing. It's obvious that she is on a self destructive "it's all about me" path but please everyone stop bashing her supporters!
They are only backing their candidate and are too close to the situation to see that she can't win. I know because I live with 2 of them :)
Posted by: William | April 7, 2008 12:00 PM
Wow. Glad I woke the kids up.
?
One of the responses included this link. I knew there was an orchestrated effort by the Republicans to put Obama to the top of the ticket, but I didn't have all the great links this guy does: http://www.thecityedition.com/
Pages/Archive/Winter08/2008
Election.html
In here you'll see links about the Rove strategy for fake Republican voting for Obama; Erica Jong's article Hilary vs. the Patriarchy; the Obama campaign memo to demonize the Clintons as 'racist' back during New Hampshire.
Look--I'm going to vote Democratic regardless of the name at the top of the ticket. I just like the strategy employed by the Obamas less than that of the Clintons. That's all. And the mainstream media stinks too.
Posted by: geraldinetoo | April 7, 2008 12:01 PM
"I will take great pleasure in watching Obama become this millenium's George McGovern"
This isn't a sporting event, its our kids in Iraq. Its Roe v Wade. Its Bin Laden still on the loose.
Really, grow up.
Posted by: MichaelH | April 7, 2008 12:11 PM
SPEAKS LOUDER THAN ANY COMMENT I COULD EVER MAKE!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1119319130868761649
Posted by: Freedom08 | April 7, 2008 12:21 PM
The right doesn't even see it coming....
They actually think there's going to be a contest in November...
McBush 08, he'll never live it down!
Posted by: William | April 7, 2008 12:26 PM
Winning the "big" State does not mean a thing when taking into consideration that the democrats were running against each other not the republican nominee. I don't believe for a minute that the democratic votes won by each candidate would diminish that much in the November general election.
Posted by: republicrat | April 7, 2008 12:40 PM
Not that I really care who on the DNC jumps the sinking ship that is the HMS Hillary, however maybe this guy has noticed which way the wind is blowing.
Oh, and speaking of hot air, lets all remind ourselves that Hillary Clinton was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, according to her own words. Nevermind that she was born in 1948, and Edmund Hillary didnt make climbing news until 1951.
Oops!
Posted by: Edward in CA | April 7, 2008 12:52 PM
My niece told me that she was a democrat and wanted what was best for the country. Later, after a couple glasses of wine, I overheard her tell my wife that she was very upset that Obama had run against Hillary, that Hillary had put up with so much, but the good part was that Bill would be there if she got into trouble, that she deserved to be president. Obama was young, there was time for him, she was sick of hillary being bullied and pushed around over every mistake she made, and this election was Hillary's turn, godammit.
Posted by: davie | April 7, 2008 1:04 PM
You guys are awfully angry. Looks to me like Terry was trying to have some fun and forget about the bitterness for a few moments with his fellow party members. I'd recommend you swamp democrats do the same.
Posted by: Jefff | April 7, 2008 1:07 PM
Obama hasn't figured out that he is raising his 2 daughters to learn the Rev. Wright's white hatred...not someone I would ever vote for as President. Vote Hillary or get McCAin....I have never voted republican but see the democratic party as becoming more and more stupid as the years go by......we lost when it was Gore vs Bush and should not have lost....we lost Bush vs Kerry and Kerry is no Gore but a monkey would have been better than Bush and still Bush was re-elected........but this year is absolutely clear that the dems have screwed themselves with Obama ...all republicans know Obama is easy to beat and that is why cnn and msnbc have treated him and Michelle with kid gloves.....those TV pundants are voting McCain. Watch Chris Matthews when the camera pans back to him he is always trying to get the smirk off his face because he has misled the young and ungrduated kids to vote for the guy that brings the DMB tickets. Very sad but I predict that IF Obama is nominated then McCain will win and the republican party will become more liberal than the Bush times have seen.....and the dems will not be elected for a long long long long time...I will vote Hillary if that option is there but if Obama is the option I will vote McCain before I would ever vote for a man that has his kids listening to Wright's white hatred....and they have heard that crap all their lives.
Posted by: jodi | April 7, 2008 1:14 PM
Is this an accurate listing of statements made by Obama?
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/?page_id=15
Posted by: Pat | April 7, 2008 1:17 PM
The HILLARY SUPPORTERS on this blog and in general are so full hate and animosity. her supporters say will just about some of the nastiest things about senator Barack Obama, and i cannot recall not mean thing he has said and done to senator clinton, so where is all this hate coming from? Obama has run a clean campaign. Hillary's supporters are fraction of her failures.
Posted by: Don E | April 7, 2008 1:49 PM