Adding in Florida and Michigan miscast votes diminishes the value of the votes of the states that followed the rules and would diminish the value of South Dakota and Montana votes on Tuesday as well. What Hillary wants is a partial disenfranchisement of all the voters who voted in sanctioned elections where candidates played by the rules.
Probably like most South Dakota Democrats, I have gotten taped calls from all kinds of party luminaries. They are mostly kind of pathetic pleading and it is really, really hard to listen to more than the first four or five words.
Also, we have received a few pieces of printed propaganda that is tied in with TV ads. Most of this is from the Sen. Clinton organization. Her ads must be designed to appeal to the least thoughtful and most ignorant of actual records and issues. The photos in her ads both on paper and TV might as well be of cute cats or cute puppies. They have little relation to the issues headlined with them let alone with the "supporting" text.
"1.Resort trust and competent leadership" followed by "A government that lives within its means again will ensure prosperity and security for America." Golly gee whiz. I'd say that using "security" in this context is a bit strange, but not nearly as strange as Sen. Clinton who has run a deficit campaign and also supported the Bush War which is the primary contributor to the crappy economy and federal and state deficits.
"2. Close loopholes and end $55 Billion in giveaways to corporate special interest and instead invest in creating new jobs in every part of America." Don't hold your breath waiting for this to happen if Sen. Clinton is actually elected. Her contributors are coming mostly from many of the same corporate special interests she claims she will tax more and cut their free lunches. The war she has supported very much limit what can be invested in creating new jobs even in terribly depressed areas..let alone in "every part of America".
"3 Protect and strengthen Social Security and force corporations to pay their fair share of taxes". What does this combination mean? Does Hillary propose that corporations pay the equivalent of social security taxes on their incomes? Sounds like a good idea to me, but I doubt that is what she is suggesting. Is she suggesting that all personal income be subject to social security tax instead of just that of those of us at the bottom of the income distribution? I doubt it, but I don't really know. How about a tax on obscene "windfall" and "golden parachute" payments to greedy executives? Well, maybe not, because many of them have contributed to the Sen. Clinton campaign as well.
But wait, there is more on the other side of the card.
Hillary Clinton for President
Restoring Fiscal ResponsibilityAmerica needs competent leadership in the White House again. George Bush turned federal budget surpluses into a debt of more than $9 Trillion. Today, we borrow money from China in order to buy oil from Saudi Arabia, and the cost of everything from gas to groceries is on the rise. As president, I will return sound fiscal management to the White House and restore our Nation's prosperity.
I hope I am not being too cynical when I say this is more than just a bit hypocritical since Sen. Clinton has supported the Bush war which combined with tax cuts on the rich has generated the nationally-debilitating $9Trillion debt. She has been in the US Senate too. What has she proposed and what has she supported which would have or will do anything to accomplish her laundry lists? The "borrow money from China in order to buy oil from Saudi Arabia" phrase is cute, but the trade agreements that Sen. Clinton's prime supporter Bill Clinton pushed are also responsible for the trade imbalance with China.
And, just to make the cost of groceries and fuel worse for many on the edge of economic disaster are the bankruptcy laws which Sen. Clinton supported as a Senator from NY with all its banks and credit card systems.
And, in cyberspace, the hysterical Hillary supporters are demanding that Sen. Obama apologize for some remarks some other preacher or priest made. These same posters are very, very obnoxious in their attacks on Obama supporters. It seems that if they expect Obama to apologize for something a minister said, Hillary should apologize for the disgusting and scatological attacks of her supporters on Obama supporters.
And in Washington, the tens of thousands of Hillary supporters apparently did not show up to bang on the windows of Democratic meeting rooms. Apparently this was not quite as well organized as the Republican window banging in the Florida Gore vs Bush recount.
You can get the other side of the story at
Hillary Clinton South Dakota Site
**Stay tuned because you know most of this primary crap will be over with next Tuesday--- Doug Wiken
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