loser of the likes of Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. And
people in here talk about the Clinton's morals? Give
me a break!
--- worldpeacesoon <berts420@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/breaking-the-final-rule_b_90420.html
>
> Breaking the Final Rule
> By Gary Hart
>
> It will come as a surprise to many people that there
> are rules in politics. Most of those
> rules are unwritten and are based on common
> understandings, acceptable practices, and
> the best interest of the political party a candidate
> seeks to lead. One of those rules is this:
> Do not provide ammunition to the opposition party
> that can be used to destroy your
> party's nominee. This is a hyper-truth where the
> presidential contest is concerned.
>
>
> By saying that only she and John McCain are
> qualified to lead the country, particularly in
> times of crisis, Hillary Clinton has broken that
> rule, severely damaged the Democratic
> candidate who may well be the party's nominee, and,
> perhaps most ominously, revealed
> the unlimited lengths to which she will go to
> achieve power. She has essentially said that
> the Democratic party deserves to lose unless it
> nominates her.
>
> As a veteran of red telephone ads and "where's the
> beef" cleverness, I am keenly aware
> that sharp elbows get thrown by those trailing in
> the fourth quarter (and sometimes even
> earlier). "Politics ain't beanbag," is the old
> slogan. But that does not mean that it must also
> be rule-or-ruin, me-first-and-only-me, my way or the
> highway. That is not politics. That
> is raw, unrestrained ambition for power that cannot
> accept the will of the voters.
>
> Senator Obama is right to say the issue is judgment
> not years in Washington. If Mrs.
> Clinton loses the nomination, her failure will be
> traced to the date she voted to empower
> George W. Bush to invade Iraq. That is not the kind
> of judgment, or wisdom, required by
> the leader answering the phone in the night. For her
> now to claim that Senator Obama is
> not qualified to answer the crisis phone is the
> height of irony if not chutzpah, and calls
> into question whether her primary loyalty is to the
> Democratic party and the nation or to
> her own ambition.
>
>
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