Dumbest statement of the night?

[Bucky]

I like Bill Richardson. I think he can do the job but frankly htonight was not a great performance by him. His idea of sanctions against China for not helping out in Darfur being to boycott the next Olympics there struck me as odd. The verdict on Carter's 1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympiad was "lame empty gesture."

I don't think Blitzer treated him fairly, by the way. But if that's the best leverage we can muster against China, this country is a lot more screwed than I thought.

[StudentProgressive]

1. I like the idea of boycotting the Beijing Olympics

It's one step of many.

[Bucky]

3. Maybe, but it's the one suggestion he focused on. He even repeated it.

I don't know if you remember 1980, but the Olympic boycott that year accomplished nothing but giving a few extra metals to the Russians and East Germans. I doubt skipping the Chinese Olympicks would sway world opinion enough to sway the Chinese government.

[wtmusic]

5. I remember the 1980 boycott cheating hundreds of American athletes

out of the chance of a lifetime. And accomplishing nothing beyond that.

[StudentProgressive]

10. McKinney is a wonderful woman

I've held an event with her personally; she's a very sweet woman who never stopped speaking truth to power.

[Red Zelda]

17. Who cares?

Poor widdle American athletes. Ahhhh.
Let's boycott all the olympics!

[StudentProgressive]

9. Well I think Wolf Blitzer and Dodd made it into an issue

[TankLV]

22. ummmm - Chinese food!!!

what was the question again?...

[Colobo]

2. The "Universal Education" thing struck me as odd

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. How did he ddefine Universal education, because I am interested

in cradle to grave covered education (and health care) in this country

[BeyondGeography]

4. Clinton blaming the Iraqis for blowing their chance at democracy and freedom

[wtmusic]

6. Please tell me she didn't say that.

Final. I will not vote for Hillary Clinton. :grr:

[Colobo]

7. Yes she did. Same thing Bill O'Reilly says.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

14. Good point. She also agrees with O'Reilly that we are safer now than we were before 9/11 nt

[reprobate]

25. Surprised? Why? They are both (Clinton &O'Liely) financed by the corporate owners of America

[Tejanocrat]

8. Obama tripped up badly on the VA. HRC suggesting Bush made us safer. Richardson's comment 3rd.

[Vanje]

11. Hillary Clinton is the best candidate.......

....in the whole republican line-up.

[StudentProgressive]

12. The Dem wing of the GOP?

?

[doggyboy]

16. Hilarious!!! Got any more chink jokes?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1035200#1036172

[Clark2008]

30. Actually, in its entirety, the whole thing was funny.

I just read it and that's pretty much what is being said minus the flowery bullshit.

I don't think the poster is bigoted - I think he/she was trying to point out how pointless these debates are.

[doggyboy]

13. On DU or the debates?

[Hippo_Tron]

15. I agree, Richardson is dead on about China but neede dto propose some stronger leverage

Boycotting the Olympics alone isn't going to do anything. He should have proposed some better leverage over China.

[ddeclue]

18. "We are safer than we were but still not safe" - Hillary Clinton

quoting BushCo fearmongering talking points!

Doug D.
Orlando, FL

[Clark2008]

19. No - the dumbest statement of the night was Edwards

"travel around the world" crap for his first 100-hours mission.

[JTFrog]

21. No.

Clinton took the cake on dumbest statement hands down.

[Clark2008]

28. The one where we were safer?

That one was pretty dumb, too. I'll agree.

Toss up?

[JTFrog]

29. I'll agree.

Toss up.

Although I think Obama was pushing to make it a three way tie with his statement regarding VA hospitals vs. veteran's choice.

[JTFrog]

20. Right, let's not jeopardize

our possibility of getting medals. Let the poor people die! :sarcasm:

I think Richardson was spot on.

[Egnever]

24. I dont think it has anything to do with medals

It has to do with the fact that if thats the best leverage we can put on china then we have major problems.

[JTFrog]

27. Of course we have major problems.

That has been obvious for quite a while now. China owns us.

[ChickMagic]

26. Well, China did promise

that there would be clean drinking water. The athletes are worried about the smog.