Video of Clinton Mocking Obama: "The sky will open, the light will come down"

[knowledgeispwr]

Via Huffington Post (video can be seen here)

Hillary Clinton's campaign is on its last legs after suffering a string of defeats to her rival Barack Obama. Clinton made the decision to go negative in an effort to halt Obama's rising momentum. Today, Clinton was at a campaign rally in Providence, Rhode Island, and she mocked Obama and his message of hope and change in a very theatrical, over-the-top manner.

Watch the video from CNN below, and tell HuffPost whether you think Clinton's line of attack against Obama will help or hurt her campaign:

I thought this deserved it's own OP.

ETA: Personal comment: Obama has said countless times in his speeches that the change he wants to help bring about will be very difficult to bring about and requires the dedication of a wide group of Americans, so this little mockery is disingenuous.

[maddiejoan]

1. good

she is right on the money.

[Maddy McCall]

6. Indeed!

I'm going to have to k/r this.

[maddiejoan]

11. It deserves a really good Maddy post on the subject

Hillary nailed it.

[Maddy McCall]

19. LOL. No, you go for it!

:hi: Let's see a MADDIE post. :D

I've got the flu. I'm barely here today. :(

[Drunken Irishman]

38. Cool, can you now provide a quote from Obama saying it would be easy?

Thanks!

[maddiejoan]

61. That's his entire campaign

[Drunken Irishman]

81. So you should have ample evidence showing me where he's said it'll be easy.

Let's hear it.

[maddiejoan]

90. Must be easy

He's never explained how he can achieve it.

[Drunken Irishman]

101. You just refuse to listen.

Of course, I've never heard Clinton say in her stump speeches how she plans to do it all, as well.

[maddiejoan]

102. Then you definately haven't been listening

[Drunken Irishman]

113. Oh I listen, her speeches today are all about mocking and ridiculing Obama.

And then she goes in front of the media with this faux-outrage about how Obama is attacking another Democrat.

Clinton's campaign reminds me of the washed up actor who tries for one last comeback but utterly fails. It's the Titanic and the final part of the ship is about to sink into the ocean.

It can't happen soon enough, because it has become quite painful watching her implode like this.

[maddiejoan]

117. Obama's Campaign

reminds ME of Elmer Gantry.

[Drunken Irishman]

126. And Clinton's reminds me of Tracy Flick.

Without the win, of course. :)

[maddiejoan]

130. Don't be so sure.

[Drunken Irishman]

133. I'm pretty sure, so...

[mythyc]

163. let me just make sure I have you straight

the (ridiculous) content of her rant aside, you approve of mocking members of your own party? sad....

[maddiejoan]

180. When I believe that party member

is a danger to the Democratic Party?

Yes. I do.

[rodeodance]

164. such simple thinking

[C_U_L8R]

176. Exactly ! PICK FLICK

(the cap letters are essential : - )))

[Debi]

129. I just don't see the resemblance

[catgirl]

226. I've been listening and I haven't heard Hillary explain jack

She just goes on and on about what's wrong, like we don't know.
Now all she can do is scream and mock Obama. That's not how
our next president should act. The Clintons need to exist this
stage.

[rodeodance]

229. preformed perceptions close the ears to real listening

[catgirl]

246. You're full of it

I was hoping for a Gore run. I had no "preformed perceptions" about any
of the candidates. Obama is simply the best candidate and he will make a
great president, while Hillary is flawed in too many ways. Plus, she can't
possibly win the general election, especially after her recent behavior.

[rodeodance]

115. Here is an article that addresses this issue.

I do not know if i have passed it to you.



I think this Oz author raises some valid questions that we should all critically think about.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23182456-28737,00.html

Obama's first coming

Washington correspondent Geoff Elliott | February 09, 2008

IT was early 1994 when Nelson Mandela gave a speech in a slum outside Cape Town and spoke in grand terms of a new beginning and how when he was elected president every household would have a washing machine.

People took him literally. A few months later he became South Africa's first black president. That's when clerks in department stores in Cape Town had to turn people away demanding their free washer and dryer.
.......
How does a cult figure, in the eyes of some something akin to a messiah, make the transition to a political frontrunner - president even - where disappointment will soon crush what seemed to be a journey to a promised land?
Looking into the faces of a more than 16,000-strong crowd in a basketball stadium in Hartford, Connecticut this week, the Mandela magic I'd seen before was there too. Black and white, and the youth; they appeared in a state close to rapture watching Obama speak. Here and there one could see women crying and the some men wiping away tears too.
.......
In the US today there are echoes of that Rainbow Revolution. Through the media and on the streets people are getting a bit giddy over Obama. In this man they are projecting a new course - one that he says he will lead - where the US buries the culture wars, charts a new course in bipartisan politics and heralds a new dawn for America. ......
........
And therein lays the danger for Obama. The Obama shuttle has made it into orbit but at some point he's going to have to land this thing back on Earth.
.........
But the danger remains for Obama in managing the cult-like fervour. Obviously, he's no messiah and lofty expectations of his supporters is something that Obama is also acutely aware of. In stockmarket parlance, Obama's share price is soaring on expected future earnings. Clinton, 20 years in the public eye, is like the industrial conglomerate: steady share price and reliable dividends. Think of Obama as Google and Clinton as General Electric.
.............
"We can do this," he told ecstatic supporters on Tuesday night. "It will not be easy. It will require struggle and sacrifice. There will setbacks and we will make mistakes."
But then Obama, in the next sentence, in attempt to appeal to more voters out there, didn't even mention the Democratic Party but instead his "movement" saying: "I want to speak directly to all those Americans who have yet to join this movement but still hunger for change: we need you. We need you to stand with us, and work with us, and help us prove that together, ordinary people can still do extraordinary things".
.........
In his Super Tuesday speech Obama said "we are the ones we've been waiting for", attempting to make the case the time was now to get some "change" in Washington: a post-partisan world where politicians reach across the aisle for the common good. "This time can be different because this campaign for the presidency of the United States of America is different," he said. "It's different not because of me. It's different because of you."
.......
"Rather than focusing on any specific issue or cause - other than an amorphous desire for change - the message is becoming dangerously self-referential. The Obama campaign all too often is about how wonderful the Obama campaign is."
I hear that too in the voices of Obama's staff constantly, themselves referring to this "cult of Obama".
"Even if he doesn't go all the way, and I'm not being defeatist, I'm so thrilled to be a part of this and see the size of the crowds turning out," one staffer tells me.
.........
. He may well build an unstoppable momentum. And then the giddiness might evaporate and be replaced with something else. In marketing they call it post-purchase disappointment. If he gets the Democratic Party's nomination another test begins anew: how to turn the narrative which is all about striving for what is possible, to one where people are suddenly asking how are you actually going to do it?

[rodeodance]

125. Obama's first coming----This asks --What happens when the people start asking?

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23182456-28737,00.html

Obama's first coming

Washington correspondent Geoff Elliott | February 09, 2008

IT was early 1994 when Nelson Mandela gave a speech in a slum outside Cape Town and spoke in grand terms of a new beginning and how when he was elected president every household would have a washing machine.

People took him literally. A few months later he became South Africa's first black president. That's when clerks in department stores in Cape Town had to turn people away demanding their free washer and dryer.
.......
How does a cult figure, in the eyes of some something akin to a messiah, make the transition to a political frontrunner - president even - where disappointment will soon crush what seemed to be a journey to a promised land?
Looking into the faces of a more than 16,000-strong crowd in a basketball stadium in Hartford, Connecticut this week, the Mandela magic I'd seen before was there too. Black and white, and the youth; they appeared in a state close to rapture watching Obama speak. Here and there one could see women crying and the some men wiping away tears too.
.......
In the US today there are echoes of that Rainbow Revolution. Through the media and on the streets people are getting a bit giddy over Obama. In this man they are projecting a new course - one that he says he will lead - where the US buries the culture wars, charts a new course in bipartisan politics and heralds a new dawn for America. ......
........
And therein lays the danger for Obama. The Obama shuttle has made it into orbit but at some point he's going to have to land this thing back on Earth.
.........
But the danger remains for Obama in managing the cult-like fervour. Obviously, he's no messiah and lofty expectations of his supporters is something that Obama is also acutely aware of. In stockmarket parlance, Obama's share price is soaring on expected future earnings. Clinton, 20 years in the public eye, is like the industrial conglomerate: steady share price and reliable dividends. Think of Obama as Google and Clinton as General Electric.
.............
"We can do this," he told ecstatic supporters on Tuesday night. "It will not be easy. It will require struggle and sacrifice. There will setbacks and we will make mistakes."

But then Obama, in the next sentence, in attempt to appeal to more voters out there, didn't even mention the Democratic Party but instead his "movement" saying: "I want to speak directly to all those Americans who have yet to join this movement but still hunger for change: we need you. We need you to stand with us, and work with us, and help us prove that together,ordinary people can still do extraordinary things".
.........

In his Super Tuesday speech Obama said "we are the ones we've been waiting for", attempting to make the case the time was now to get some "change" in Washington: a post-partisan world where politicians reach across the aisle for the common good. "This time can be different because this campaign for the presidency of the United States of America is different," he said. "It's different not because of me. It's different because of you."
.......

"Rather than focusing on any specific issue or cause - other than an amorphous desire for change - the message is becoming dangerously self-referential. The Obama campaign all too often is about how wonderful the Obama campaign is."

I hear that too in the voices of Obama's staff constantly, themselves referring to this "cult of Obama".
"Even if he doesn't go all the way, and I'm not being defeatist, I'm so thrilled to be a part of this and see the size of the crowds turning out," one staffer tells me.
.........

. He may well build an unstoppable momentum. And then the giddiness might evaporate and be replaced with something else. In marketing they call it post-purchase disappointment. If he gets the Democratic Party's nomination another test begins anew: how to turn the narrative which is all about striving for what is possible, to one where people are suddenly asking how are you actually going to do it?

[liberalnurse]

121. That's it in a nut shell.

Just another sermon.....no bite, no action steps, just a dreamer.

[okoboji]

OMFG

that was awesome!!

I loved the part about the celestial choir .....

[rodeodance]

166. i had to chuckle during several parts-------YOU GO LADY

[papau]

49. I agree -Hillary nailed it - the screwing of the left as Obama seeks GOP love so as to change the DC

atmosphere is so obviously coming that the Obama supporters denial is a thing of wonder to behold.

The Medicare like policy for all option will last less than a month into the discussion of the "administration Health bill" that is given Congress.

[rodeodance]

195. my bet is that any 'social" programs would see no light!

[rodeodance]

77. HERE---"... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you wil

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject that is because as Obama said on Jan 7th........
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
4662505, that is because as Obama said on Jan 7th........
Posted by ElsewheresDaughter on Tue Feb-19-08 01:07 PM

"... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama" - - Barack Obama Lebanon, New Hampshire. January 7, 2008

[okoboji]

wow....

the beginning of the religion now known as Obamaology


very creepy

[mckeown1128]

111. It was a joke.... but..

wow.... Clinton supporters can play dumb to attempt to make their points....


very creepy

[rodeodance]

134. I hope you read it --it asks lots of good questions at the end.

[mckeown1128]

wow that quote has nothing to do with special interests....

So please provide a quote from Obama saying how it easy it will be to get rid of the special interests... (Clinton supporters are the most dishonest on DU)

[rodeodance]

207. hey---got quotes for obama saying how hard it will be?

[flyarm]

168. check this out...

"... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama" - - Barack Obama Lebanon, New Hampshire. January 7, 2008


( thank you Rodeodance for the quote!!)

fly

[foo_bar]

220. it doesn't appear to be a verbatim quote

"... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama" - - Barack Obama Lebanon, New Hampshire. January 7, 2008

The precise quotation was retracted by CNN:

The original quote was removed entirely from the article in later publication, but we offer as evidence this reposting of the CNN article in full on January 28th by blogger 'Fair Proxy Web' <meta-editor's note: LOL!>

... "a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany … and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama," the Democrat said in Hanover.

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/2008/01/obama-to-disciples-you-will-experience.html

This may well be the stuff of chain letters, since the primary source appears to be "Mike in Kentucky":

This version of the quote is likewise attributed to CNN campaign coverage by "Mike in Kentucky" on 1/08/08.

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/2008/01/obama-to-disciples-you-will-experience.html ("campaign coverage" by an anonymous poster on CNN?)

There's a couple versions floating around, with alternating clues as to context:

"I am going to try to be so persuasive, so that those of you who are still wavering...will suddenly come to the conclusion -- a light beam will shine through -- will light you up -- and you will experience an epiphany -- I have to vote for Barack!"

And then the pragmatist spoke: "When you do, we would love you to fill out one of these supporter cards to memorialize this moment."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/06/swept_up_in_the_obama_moment_1.html

At an early-morning rally the day of the New Hampshire vote, he told some 300 students at the Dartmouth College gym: "My job this morning is to be so persuasive . . . that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack." One of the reasons to vote for him, he continued, was his pledge to end the Bush-Cheney era of "wiretaps without warrants."

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0804,hentoff,78935,6.html

[flyarm]

224. the picture says all i want to hear, like little lord pissy pants and his halo's! eom

[rodeodance]

227. HA HA--yes it fits. but.......

i got from elsewheresdaughter. oh well. it is public property-pass it around

[rodeodance]

228. WONDEFUL the way you put the quote with the pic. thanks

[JackORoses]

13. the American People will reject her patronizing attitude

She is in a Tailspin. No pulling out of it.

[maddiejoan]

20. She's calling Obama on his bullshit

and I am LOVING it.

[jenmito]

44. When did he ever say it was going to be easy to get anything done?

[maddiejoan]

71. Than how is he going to achieve this "Unity"?

[jenmito]

You didn't answer my question.

[maddiejoan]

80. How can I answer it?

You're candidate has never said how.

[jenmito]

He has said just the opposite-of how hard it will be. I hope she keeps it up.

[rodeodance]

171. Go find your Quotations.

[pdxmom]

221. Here you go:

http://www.barackobama.com/2007/02/10/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_11.php

"But Washington has a long way to go. And it won't be easy. That's why we'll have to set priorities. We'll have to make hard choices. And although government will play a crucial role in bringing about the changes we need, more money and programs alone will not get us where we need to go. Each of us, in our own lives, will have to accept responsibility - for instilling an ethic of achievement in our children, for adapting to a more competitive economy, for strengthening our communities, and sharing some measure of sacrifice. So let us begin. Let us begin this hard work together. Let us transform this nation."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/barack_obamas_potomac_primary.html

"Because hope is not blind optimism. I know how hard it will be to make these changes. I know this because I fought on the streets of Chicago as a community organizer to bring jobs to the jobless in the shadow of a shuttered steel plant. I've fought in the courts as a civil rights lawyer to make sure people weren't denied their rights because of what they looked like or where they came from. I've fought in the legislature to take power away from lobbyists. I've won some of those fights, but I've lost some of them too. I've seen good legislation die because good intentions weren't backed by a mandate for change.

The politics of hope does not mean hoping things come easy. Because nothing worthwhile in this country has ever happened unless somebody, somewhere stood up when it was hard; stood up when they were told - no you can't, and said yes we can."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Obamas_South_Carolina_victory_speech.html

"That is the country I see. That is the country you see. But now it is up to us to help the entire nation embrace this vision. Because in the end, we are not just up against the ingrained and destructive habits of Washington, we are also struggling against our own doubts, our own fears and our own cynicism. The change we seek has always required great struggle and sacrifice. And so this is a battle in our own hearts and minds about what kind of country we want and how hard we're willing to work for it.

So let me remind you tonight that change will not be easy. That change will take time. There will be setbacks, and false starts, and sometimes we will make mistakes. But as hard as it may seem, we cannot lose hope. Because there are people all across this country who are counting us; who can't afford another four years without health care or good schools or decent wages because our leaders couldn't come together and get it done."

[Political Heretic]

243. Ah the silence that comes from being right.

:D

[tabatha]

94. How is she going to win this election.

He has outperformed her.
Too bad she does not see the irony.

[maddiejoan]

outperformed her my ass

The MSM has given him a pony ride

[jenmito]

135. He sure did! He's calm, cool, and collected while she's all over the map and erratic in her

behavior. She doesn't know how to beat him. And she won't.

[maddiejoan]

138. many people win

who have no business winning.

[jenmito]

Like Bush. But Obama deserves his win.

[maddiejoan]

142. Does he?

Maybe.

:shrug:

I have no idea who the man is.

[jenmito]

147. Then educate yourself:

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/

[maddiejoan]

151. I've been through that site

It's one of the reasons I support Hillary.

[jenmito]

167. Then you know he DOES have more than speeches. Glad to see you disagree with Hillary!

:hi:

[maddiejoan]

172. Not really

Because I don't see how he thinks his approach to "Unity" is going to get us where he promises.

I don't think he has the ability (or the actual desire) to get us there.

[jenmito]

188. Telling Repubs. he doesn't hate them is a start. He sticks to his principles and people WANT to

join with him to make things happen. People let their Congresspeople know what they want to happen, their Congresspeople listen to them or get voted out of office. Obama is liked by not only Dems., but Indies and Repubs. He'll have a working majority just due to his attitude.

[K Gardner]

150. Check out the Comments at HuffPo ! Unreal.. I put a few of them downthread in #143

[jenmito]

170. Thanks. I will look.

:hi:

[SOS]

200. MSM pony ride?

Like on Thursday night?

No questions on the Clinton tax returns.
No questions on which Saudi sheiks are paying for the Clinton library.
No questions about the withholding of the Clinton White House papers.

But alot of time spent on Obama's non-plagiarism.

Is that the pony ride we're talking about?

[jenmito]

122. She won't win unless the sky opens, a light comes shining down, etc.

Everything she said while mocking Obama. HE'LL get the last laugh.

[tabasco]

194. He's showing it every day.

It's called good leadership.

You and H. Clinton apparently know little about the subject.

That's why she is going down in flames.

H. Clinton is a politician, not a leader, and her pathetic displays of late only accelerate her tailspin.

[Kahuna]

114. For all the good it's been doing her.

:eyes:

[JackORoses]

146. you may love it, but you don't live in Texas, do you?

Hillary is done for.

She is acting like a spoiled brat.

[maddiejoan]

153. I've yet to see more of a spoiled Brat

in the Democratic Party then Obama.

[JackORoses]

191. What will you do with yourself when Hillary has finally withdrawn?

She's not doing you any favors by leading you on.

[maddiejoan]

203. What will I do?

Don't know.

I suppose I'll have to come back and help out the Obama supporters when they start crying about how the GOP is tearing him into small pieces.

[Muzza]

234. Bingo!

You are so right! And I am loving it too!

[Maven]

28. I agree

At least she's saying what a lot of people are thinking.

[BlueJac]

30. no, she has a pocket full of lobbyist money.........

My line was better than yours Joan

[tabatha]

84. Obama says in EVERY speech he makes

that he knows how HARD it will be to change the ways of Washington.

She has just blown it.

[Alexander]

123. Keep hate alive! How are those blinders?

[PITBOS]

174. congratulations - she has officially gone karl rove\Rush negative

I anticipate this won't change voter’s minds. But what these cheap shots do is inspire the support & fund raising for the other candidate.

[Political Heretic]

242. I agree, Good! Everytime she does this she further seals the end of her campaign.

Texas is going to be a landslide, and unfortunately (and I sincerely mean this because I think its a shame how the end of her campaign has been for her) she is looking more and more inept and desperate by the second.

[thereismore]

2. Celestial choires will be singing alright! When she stops this nonsense. nt

[XemaSab]

Her campaign's pining for teh fjords.

:P

[Scurrilous]

132. Yes it is.

:thumbsup:

[Kahuna]

120. Amen! nt

[Maddy McCall]

3. I love it. I think she's great.

Can't wait to see her speak here...if she stays in until our primary.

[Swamp Rat]

86. Hey Maddy!

:hi:

I disagree that this tactic is good for her campaign.

She will likely be seen as attacking a message of hope, by many, while savvy pundits may catch the straw man that implies Obama believes it will be a cake walk.

Where is Mandy Grunwald? She should take over Hillary's campaign because her style promoted a positive, nurturing maternal persona.

[Seabiscuit]

240. My wife thinks she's a diva. lol nt

[grantcart]

4. Hillary is performing a public service

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4729992&mesg_id=4729992

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. she is so utterly unlikeable

she really is trying to grind herself into oblivion. I'd be surprised if she even ran for re-election after her term is up. She probably has no desire for public office anymore if she can't have the presidency. Going back to the senate will probably feel like a demotion for her.

[jackson_dem]

7. She's right. Obama is promising things that he knows he can't do

[RoadRage]

22. Like What? I haven't seen him promise much more then Hillary..

and frankly, I think he can get a lot more done with bipartian support then she can with her "cowgirl" mentality of fighting every step of the way.

[XemaSab]

Fighting every step of the way,

except for you know, on things that MATTER, like teh war. x(

[jackson_dem]

The whole "I will end partisanship!" bs

Partisanship has existed since Adams and Jefferson. The reason for that is people simply have different views on the role of government in general and what should be done on specific issues. There isn't a nefarious cabal that conspires to divide the country. It is natural.

[casus belli]

241. That's disingenuous. He has never said he would end partisanship.

What he HAS said, is that he would work towards it. He has also addressed the hope message in his campaign, and stated that it would take hard work and cooperation. If you admit this would be the case for any candidate, that bipartisanship and cooperation would be required to bring about real change, then I think you've just admitted that he is clearly the better choice for change. Hillary tearing down the message, or over-simplifying it only serves to show that she isn't fully on board when she campaigns about change. By doing this, she is more or less admitting to campaigning for something she doesn't really believe is possible.

[tabatha]

103. He has said it will be HARD!! in every speech.

Don't you ever listen to him - or do you just imagine what he says.

[jackson_dem]

112. Why hasn't a messiah come along to do this hard thing since the 1790's?

[tabatha]

149. So we should not even try?

[Hav]

222. Nice...

you have just demonstrated the difference between two approaches. So far, the primaries have shown us which aproach the people prefer.

[rodeodance]

181. I can't get past the SWOON effect.

[SoxFan]

8. Melt Down

[thereismore]

15. You are bad! nt

[JVS]

16. I have a feeling that that picture will attract criticism

[SoxFan]

25. Bring it on!

When she launches into a rant against hope, against optimism, against idealism, against unity, then she deserves everything we can dish out.

[Zynx]

67. You don't need to dig up crap from RW trash like IWP.

[Cha]

40. Oh, so now you're psychic..

:P

[tammywammy]

26. Please remove that

It's the last thing that Obama supporters need.

[NDambi]

55. lol

...

[Zynx]

58. You are using material from IowaPresidentialWatch.com, a RW wesbite

in the vein of Free Republic. Cease your activity.

[L0oniX]

82. LMAO

Suggestion ...next time copy the picture to a public site so the man hater asscarrots here don't get their undies in a pinch about where you got it from.

[JVS]

127. asscarrots?

Never heard that term before, where'd you learn it.

[Maddy McCall]

148. I don't know any manhaters on DU. Care to point me to one?

[Zynx]

160. Might as well post RNC crap while we're at it.

[Zynx]

165. I'm a "man hater asscarrot" for not liking when people post from RW trash websites?

[rodeodance]

179. SHAME on you--

[jefferson_dem]

231. Nah...shame on you...

And the other patronizing "hope squashers" on this thread.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. The outrage from the O camp is overblown.

However, it's pretty snarky. I love that in a DUer but maybe not so much in a president.

Nutshell: Tempest in a teapot.

[polichick]

27. It's not outrage from Obama people...

...but sadness and surprise at watching her become so desperate (at least for me it is).

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

41. If Obama had done it you might have laughed.

It's not the most professional thing she could have done but it serves her purpose of firing up her base.

No biggy.

[Cha]

That's just it..Obama would not

have done it and that's one reason why I support him.

hilary has become unglued and she's not helping the Democratic Party..but she knows that.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

78. Zidzer, YOU are unglued!

:rofl:

9 more days and you can re-glue yourself! :D

[Cha]

118. :) Strangely enough..

I don't see it that way. :rofl: :crazy: :silly:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

136. Compared to 2004, you love John Kerry!

It's almost over.

[Cha]

157. Turns out I do love John Kerry ..the man has class..

I just love Dean more :loveya: And I'm starting to get it bad for Obama}(

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

173. Starting to...

I'd hate to see you with a full-blown case of obamarhea! :D

:rofl:

[Cha]

182. Riiiiiiiight!

You ain't seen nothing yet! :D

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

186. Btw, love the sig.

:toast:

[polichick]

65. It would be sad if he were that desperate too. nt

[SoFlaJet]

98. I'm right there with you poli

I don't even care to comment on how sad and pathetic she has become-I'm sad-I once really admired the Clintons-it's a sad day in American political history-I'm sorry Hillary supporters I truly am-I'm sorry your hope has degenerated into this kind of stuff we've seen this weekend from Mrs. Clinton-it's like watching an older woman fall on the ice-I am sad about this

[democrattotheend]

32. I'm not outraged

I'm actually kind of amused.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

47. I hear ya.

[knowledgeispwr]

39. I think it's funny in a tragic way.

Not outraged at all.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

70. Understood.

[tammywammy]

43. I'm not outraged

I'm kind of sad for Hillary. And I find it pathetic.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

66. Not pathetic.

Maybe a scooch sad.

[bridgit]

10. I like it!! Thanks for posting.

[Forkboy]

12. LOL...that'll help her.

Help her lose even faster. And I thought I cynical. :crazy:

[bigtree]

14. ha ha!

disingenuous? Politics??!! Oh my!

Go Hillary!!

[RoadRage]

17. My Favorite Line: "You are not going to be able to wave a magic wand..

and have the special interests disappear".

Well Hillary - YOU sure as hell aren't, because they've basically funded your entire fucking campaign.

Obama however will have a bit more luck with that wand.. he can tell special interests to fuck off, because his campaign has been funded by me, and about 1,000,000 others just like me.. $20 at a time.

What a stupid line... and it just goes back to Obama saying that he's a "Hope Monger".. and people just want to suck the hope right out of him. I guess if he was a bitter pessimist like Hillary & Co - then that would be better?

Man, every day she amazes me with her ability to look stupider and more calculated then the day before.

[VolcanoJen]

57. I mean, really. Why in the hell would I want to vote for her?

Hillary 3.0: No, You Can't!

I mean, if she's going to argue that change is impossible and we shouldn't even reach for it, then isn't she unknowingly making the case that she's not going to change one damned thing?

That should go over well with the "Right Track/Wrong Track" crowd. :eyes:

I'm expecting a Bill drive-by any moment now.

[DearAbby]

18. Yet people are running past "Down to Earth Hillary"

to vote for the pie in the sky Obama....whats the deal here? Gonna capture votes of people you are calling woo woo freaks? that'll get em, Hillary. :eyes: Insult the very voters you are trying to get. Works everytime :sarcasm:

[jlake]

21. Damn! She is off the hook!

Get Real.

[From The Left]

23. Hillary Is a Vile, Nasty Woman Who Deserves Her Hips

I've watched politics for 20 years and never have I seen anyone as nasty.

She wouldn't get my vote if her campaign paid me $5,000. I truly detest her.

[redstate_democrat]

52. "deserves her hips"

I'm sorry, but no one deserves those. Not even her. I'm just saying.

[From The Left]

107. LMAO

Maybe.

[bridgit]

62. What!? Bullshit!! "20 years and never have I seen anyone as nasty"...

you've been looking right past Bush/Cheney/Rove/Matalin/the jerks that chased her husband through every gutter from Little Rock to DC and back again for 8 straight years I presume, good luck with those blinders


:spray: :rofl:

[mckeown1128]

137. I can feel I can speak for many Obama supporters here when

I say that ... we expect dirty campaign tactics from the Repukes.... It is extra offensive when it comes from a Democrat like Hillary. I am in love with the Democratic party because we don't use those tactics. So, while Hillary's tactics may not be quite as bad as Roves.... it is more offensive.

[From The Left]

144. Hillary Is Karl Rove's Long, Lost Twin

Who knew?

[bridgit]

156. You see? It is not within the character of a so-called Obama supporter...

to be anything but vile...oh well

[From The Left]

159. You Don't Speak for All Obama Supporters

You're delusional.

[bridgit]

169. Ah, the "delusional" gambit...how predictable. Look I'm sorry that having your candidate's words...

handed back to you sounded to your ear like "mocking", but that is how many others have heard the evangelizing since Oprah. But between yourself, and this person http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4746137&mesg_id=4746726 I think the two of you have ALL the Obama supporters very well represented :thumbsup:

[bridgit]

154. Then while speaking on behalf of Obama supporters, why not go the extra mile...

and flat-out apologize, on behalf of Obama himself; for some of the most vile, nasty-ass shit I've seen on this board directed toward *any* dem in Obama's name. Start to raise this discussion up.

[mckeown1128]

208. Simple... it the vile talk in not exclusive to Obama supporters...

It is even mainly coming from Obama supporters. Clinton supporters are just as bad as Obama supporters... the difference is that the Clinton supporters spend all of their time complaining about the vicious attacks by Obama supporters... while Obama supporters tend to turn the other cheek when Clinton supporters do the same thing.

[bridgit]

230. While your syntax is a bit disconcerting still & syntax notwithstanding I'm fairly sure I agree...

All the vile gibberish, from either side, needs to have stopped weeks ago by now :thumbsup: We are either Dems :) Or we are not :( Though as a practical matter: no! Obama supporters are not to receive a free pass on any of this stuff by simply being Obama supporters, sorry. That's just too simplistic. And that opinion is not mine alone; but born out by no-less than the rest of they participating in this electoral system...such as it is

[BlackVelvet04]

24. LOL.....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[anigbrowl]

29. That's pretty cringeworthy....

I don't think she is doing herself any favors with that approach. It gets a laugh out of her base but I can't see it bringing any new votes her way. If Obama was making such remarks I think he'd be widely dismissed (ie not just by Clinton supporters) as a disrespectful smartass.

Well, it's her campaign to run as she chooses. I have better things to do than sling mud.

[TheDoorbellRang]

31. Actually, that's kind of funny

A lot better than the faux tirade yesterday. Guess she'll hold on to this persona for a while if the polls show it's effective. Otherwise we'll see a new emoticon tomorrow.

[K Gardner]

33. Her contempt is over the top, her gesticulations comic.. but a picture is worth

a thousand words.

[polichick]

100. "Contempt" is the right word...

So much for feeling so, so honored to be with Obama!

[L0oniX]

105. I think we all knew that was a lie. n/t

[tabasco]

204. If she wants to win Texas,

she shouldn't be wearing black and gold.

(yes, I know the vid is from RI)

[GodlessBiker]

34. She isn't mocking Obama, she is mocking the people who have and will vote for him.

[K Gardner]

45. Yes, that too. We're all delusional. We need a reality check, evidently.

[RoadRage]

50. Even worse...

If she pisses off Obama - she loses one or two (michelle) votes this fall.

If she pisses off his voters she loses millions. She's going to need those millions, and then some with Nader hopping into this. Making fun of anyones voters at this point is a pretty idiotic move.

[Cha]

189. Millions times

Worse!

[polichick]

51. Yes, those of us who are hopelessly "delusional." nt

[yourguide]

59. Yup...

she's bitter. done. bye bye HRC.

[Unbowed]

60. That's pretty pathetic, isn't it?

The most telling thing over the past few days was using the fact that Obama draws huge crowds against all of us. It was an attack on us. She damn nearly called the thousands of people who have been going to these rallies a bunch of stupid sheep.

Is insulting voters some kind of new strategy for getting elected?

[Garbo 2004]

106. Mocking the voters she'd want to vote for her if she got the nom? n/t

[gravity]

It wasn't too bad

I am an Obama supporter and thought it was kinda funny. A little disingenuous, but she is on her last legs and trying every possible angle to attack Obama, so I will let it slide.

[ruggerson]

35. Actually I completely agree with her and she should have done this earlier

lighthearted humor is a great way to make your point.

[mythyc]

184. lighthearted.... ooo that's rich

me and the missus have been laughing about that line for the past few minutes. thanks for the comedy

[Beausoir]

36. Excellent! Kick.

[Unbowed]

37. I really hate seeing a Democrat act this way.

It's supposed to be beneath us. Nice job, Hillary Clinton. You are bringing us down the level of the worst of the Republicans.

Sorry, but I no longer would be proud to see this person represent the Democrats in the GE. Prior to the antics of the past few weeks, I'd have been proud to support the nominee no matter who it was.

I'm not a Hillary hater, but she sure has lost my respect.

[goodgd_yall]

42. That wasn't as bad as it was made out to be

I know Obama has recently been saying he knows it's going to be hard to get the changes he thinks need to be made. But I think Hillary's message is pertinent to some of his supporters who may think working together with the opposition is something that's never been tried before and that's all we need to get good legislation passed.

[From The Left]

46. Doesn't the Congress Have Mental Health Benefits?

Hillary needs help. Quickly. I feel sorry for her.

[Raven]

48. I've lived as long as she has and I'm amazed at her cynicism.

It is very, very sad to me that she would ridicule Obama's optimism and the optimism of so many people who, like me, need a little dose of hope. I don't know, but I can't see how this kind of stuff is going to help her. She's been three things in the last 3 days, gracious, angry and cynical. Will the real Hillary Clinton please stand up?

[earthside]

53. Increasingly Pathetic

I am starting to feel sorry for old Hill.

The Clinton(s) campaign's own polls must show her in a tailspin.

Mockery and ridicule are sure signs of 'frustration' (sexist word alert!) and an inability to find a winning way out.

No grace in today's or yesterday's performance.

[Bicoastal]

54. Her voice sounds like it's going...

...which, come to think of it, is a good metaphor for her campaign.

[K Gardner]

63. Actually, this is the part that scared my grandson, LOL...

[rodeodance]

56. Barack Obama ----"-you will experience an epiphany ..."

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject that is because as Obama said on Jan 7th........
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4660716#4662505
4662505, that is because as Obama said on Jan 7th........
Posted by ElsewheresDaughter on Tue Feb-19-08 01:07 PM

"... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama" - - Barack Obama Lebanon, New Hampshire. January 7, 2008

[goodgd_yall]

79. to be fair---that was meant as a joke n/t

[Levgreee]

99. And it was given to 300 ivy leagers, who are certainly able to percieve irony

HANOVER, N.H.--Barack Obama may be leading the Democratic presidential pack in every major poll here, but that didn't dissuade the Illinois senator from a final early-morning rally with the Facebook generation.

Clearly not content to leave their votes to the whims of online politicking, the Illinois senator stepped onto a stage fashioned in a Dartmouth College gymnasium, pulled an index card from his inside jacket pocket, and launched into a familiar set of talking points centered on what has become a familiar theme for his campaign: change and hope.

"My job this morning is to be so persuasive...that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack," he told a crowd of about 300 Ivy Leaguers--and, by the looks of it, a handful of locals who managed to gain access to what was supposed to be a students-only event.


http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9845595-7.html

[rodeodance]

162. shucks

[Mags]

64. about time.

[LizW]

68. I missed where she mentioned Obama.

And it seems that a lot of people missed her point.

"It's not going to be easy..."

[anigbrowl]

109. I'll give you threee guesses who she is talking about.

Gee, I did miss her point. I thought it *was* going to be as simple as waving magic wand. You mean the heavens are not going to open after all? Shit, I've been hoodwinked!

[rodeodance]

177. YUP you have surely been "hoodwinked!"--you might need de-programing.

[nookiemonster]

69. Meh......

Swan song.

n/t

[NDambi]

95. hmmm

[gerrilea]

72. It's about time she did this...gotta love it...

:yourock: Hillary

[Debi]

73. I'm embarrassed for her

:blush:

She has forgotten why she's running...not to be a spoiler for Barack Obama but to serve as our President.

Not very Presidential behavior - second time in two days x(

[K Gardner]

88. Seriously ! Would you ever have even imagined to have a serious contender for

the Commander in Chief of the United States of America act out like this? Yes, it's embarassing. Howard Dean and Al Gore need to step in. Party elders are cringing. Those supporters of hers who think this is cute are missing the big picture. She is now a laughing stock.. to the world. We've had a joke in the WH for 7 years. We can't afford another.

[Debi]

116. And this is what the next woman who runs for President will be up against

everytime she tries to be commanding this video will be played.

Not helpful.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

248. Yup, me too...

I woke up Sunday and turned on the TV to see the "Shame on you!" tirade and was just shaking my head, thinking to myself, 'Jesus woman, shut the heck UP, you are killing your damn campaign!'

I am just astonished at what lengths she is willing to go and what tactics she is willing to use to get there. Her (Mark Penn's) political miscalculations have been simply stunning.

I think it's time to stick a fork in her.

[lligrd]

74. If Your Own Message Is A Failure

you have no choice to attack the other side. Too bad that Obama is so hard to find something to attack on that she has to resort to silliness.

[Obamaman2008]

75. She is running out of clothes! Wearing the same ones

I noticed she is not wearing a different outfit for each event. Now she is wearing the same jacket she was on Super Tuesday. Yesterday, she wore the same dress for the Black Caucus event as she did when she tried to bash Obama for the flyers.

I would think she cannot afford a new $1000 outfit each day anymore, and now has to start washing and wearing the same ones from a few weeks ago. Looks like the same necklace from the Ohio debate too.

[goodgd_yall]

93. That makes me able to relate to her even more

I didn't notice those details.

[bigtree]

76. OMG!! I just saw the whole segment. I LOVE IT!!!

GO HILLARY!!!

[jefferson_dem]

232. You forgot the "HOME" part.

n/t

[ecstatic]

83. It appears that going negative has helped Clinton get tons of airtime

over the past couple days. Funny how Obama can stay positive and yet still get media attention for his speeches. Nevertheless, as someone else said--Clinton is entitled to her last stand.

[IndianaGreen]

218. Hillary is out of money, so she has to get free publicity

even if that means publicly demeaning and mocking the frontrunner and his supporters.

[redstate_democrat]

85. CNN

just played parts of her speech again. She actually said, "It's not all about the special interests, sometimes people just disagree."

WOW

[blogslut]

87. Too late

I already voted in the Texas primary. :)

[ProSense]

89. “Shame On You, Barack Obama”

“Shame On You, Barack Obama”

How condescending! These episodes are sealing her reputation!

[LadyVT]

91. WHOO HOO!!! Go Hillary!

[GoldieAZ49]

92. I just posted the same thing, but you have VIDEO!!! Thanks

I want to see that again!

[BlackVelvet04]

96. You guys are really funny......

you must have seen yourselves in what she said because she NEVER said Obama said anything. She said "I could say".

[rodeodance]

97. Hillary has made a point--of bringing personal responsibility into here proposals such as

here health care plan.

Has Obama?--i really do not know.

[anigbrowl]

119. Why don't you read his health plan?

I've read both his and Clinton's. I support Obama, but I read her policy papers and so on because I believe in being informed. You should try it sometime!

[rodeodance]

139. I have, I do not recall it. But I have heard Hillary speak of responsibiliy on the stump.

[From The Left]

104. Hillary Reminds Me of Joan Crawford in "Caged"

A truly sad, unfortunate decline of a former U.S. senator. The sooner she withdraws, the better.

[Armstead]

108. I live the smell of desperation in the morning....Smells like victory...

for Obama

[sniffa]

110. Poor form on her part

I hope she keeps it up. :thumbsup:

[cottonseed]

124. Best part -- she says the special interests are staying.

[whatchamacallit]

128. What a (denigrating term for female) she is

Bitter, desperate, and negative to the core.

[Kahuna]

131. Is she mocking "hope?" Someone tell me that she isn't mocking "hope."

Way to NOT win an election.

[flyarm]

140. yes the sky opened and light came down...

anybody have the pictures of little lord pissy pants with the halo?

fly


quote........."bitch is the new black"..........Tina Fey

[NoodleyAppendage]

141. Yeah, that's right. Mock voters that you need to swing your way. Hillary is politically STUPID.

Bring it on, HillBots. Your candidate is a LOSER and she increasingly starting to act like one.

I can't wait until Obama cleans her clock this coming Tuesday.

J

[Cha]

178. I know..stupid, huh? All those Wisconsin, Hawai'i,

Potomic Sweep(Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C.), Nebraska, Kansas, Idaho, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa, South Carolina, Maine, Louisiana, and Democrats' Aboard voters and his voters in California, New York, New Hampshire, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada aren't too pleased with hilary's scrotched earth policy and being called out on their so-called ability to so easily duped.

Hope I haven't forgotten anyone. Missouri! Can't forget Missouri.

[easy_b94]

198. Bingo

[K Gardner]

143. "Childish, Immature, Delusional, Embarassing, Jekyll & Hyde, Poor Taste, Ugly,

Sick, Insane, Catty, Pathetic, Sore Loser, Disgraceful, No Dignity Left, Poor Little Silly Woman, Tantrum, Changeling, Pathetic Spectacle, Misery You Can Believe In, Joan Crawford On Steroids..

That's just a SMATTERING of the first 3 pages of Comments at HuffPo. I had to leave out the ones that were unpostable.

This is the end of Hillary. Howard.. Al.. please, for god's sakes.. do something.

[Adelante]

145. Suicide Bomber Sunday nt

[closeupready]

152. Ugh. She disgusts me now. Can't believe I was going to vote for her once.

:mad:

[BeyondGeography]

155. In baseball, they call this last licks

[From The Left]

158. Remember When Rush Mocked Michael J. Fox?

No different. Hillary is a pig.

[sfam]

161. Hillary's campaign mismanagement really kills her "experienced" message

That she has so poorly managed things really kills the experience message I think. She can trash Obama's hope message, but considering she had no idea her campaign was out of cash, didn't plan for after Super Tuesday and has not been able to adapt to changing circumstances, you really have to question how well a Clinton presidency would do under fire.

[proud2BlibKansan]

175. OMG is she on DRUGS??

How insane.

[rodeodance]

185. Now you know what Obama sounds like

[proud2BlibKansan]

192. Maybe to you

I like his message of change. That's why I decided to support him. I have also been much more warmly welcomed by his campaign than by Hillary's.

[Forkboy]

196. I'm no Obama fan, but let me just say, "Are you high?"

That's like comparing an apple with an uzi.

[rodeodance]

206. THE heavens have opened up---------ahhhhhh. so delightful

[Forkboy]

217. It'll be even more delightful when Hillary continues to crash and burn.

And you'll follow her right down the drain like a good obedient puppy.

[SOS]

210. No

Now we know what a parody of Obama sounds like.

[cottonseed]

183. Hillary, it's time to go home.

I'll try and be as gentle as possible. I know that Mark and Harold have been telling you that you can keep on, but they're just lying to you. No, no, it's true. Think about it -- the hotel bills, the donuts, they're just using you and having a good time along the way. I know, it's something you've always wanted, you might have a chance to even try again in a few years, but right now you're just -- how do I put this gently, you're just embarrassing yourself. I've called Mandy, she's going to come by in a few minutes. I want you to get in the car with her, and she'll take you back to New York. I'm sorry.

[Sanctified]

187. Someone should mention to her that you can't just wave a magic wand and save your campaign. n/t

[Cha]

193. Perfect! There are no

magic bullets for this hilary.

[rodeodance]

205. wonder if Obama put magic wands--into his budget-to conjur up $$ for all those promises?

[Sanctified]

212. You don't need a magic wand to find money in our Government.

You can just redistribute the funds currently going to the industrial war complex and you will have plenty of money for all those promises.

[IndianaGreen]

190. Hillary's mockery is as disingenuous as her "outrage" at Obama's mailings

I am tired of her phony tear jerking bullshit, now followed by her equally phony outrage. Time to drive a stake through Hillary's campaign to make sure it never rises again.

[rodeodance]

202. say it now---PHONY--OUTRAGE-FAUX OUTRAGE~~ SAY IT NOW

SARCASM

PS---LOVED THE VIDEO.

[Yossariant]

197. LOL! You go, Hillary!

:woohoo:

[rodeodance]

199. YOU GO GAL----say it now! like it is!!

[mtnsnake]

201. Funniest thing I've ever seen on a campaign! I hope she does it some more. LOLOLOL!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Thrill]

215. If you're an Obama supporter. You would like her to act this way everyday

[Thrill]

209. Wow what happened to the Hillary we knew and loved? Shes acting

like a fool now

[Rosa Luxemburg]

213. I'm inclined to agree (why are her advisors letting her act in this way?)

[ORDem]

211. HRC Supporters, this is why so many hate you on this board.

Could she have been any more condescending? Mendacious bitch!

:puke:

[writes3000]

216. Excuse ME.....

Hillary's supporters didn't do anything to deserve HATE.

Stop behaving SO childishly please.

Disagree with HILLARY. Leave her supporters alone.

And the "bitch" name calling in beneath us all.

[rug]

219. Mendacious bitch? And you complain of Clinton supporters?

Great video!

[writes3000]

214. Obama is TROUNCING Clinton's butt - not with a magic wand but with hard work

What better evidence is there than the efforts and results of each of their campaigns?

Thanks, Hillary, for pointing out who's really winning to work hard and who will assemble a team who will work hard.

[Skip Intro]

223. Very Good. ROFL!!!!! Go HILLARY!!!!!

[Jamastiene]

225. GO MAMA!!!

Tell it like it is.

[Muzza]

233. Can't take the heat!

Here we go again, wrap poor little Obama up in cotton wool. I think he can take the heat on his own. If he can't, he better get out of the race now because he will be crucified by a GOP that will attack on a level that Clinton never will. Obama needs to TOUGHEN UP as do his supporters. Clinton has been slandered and maligned for a decade and she's survived. I think Obama-boy can survive a bit of flak as well. Stop being so precious.

[Whisp]

235. welcome to the First Annual Primary Awards....

and the wiener is Hillary Clinton.
worst score
best 'gaffer'
Producer of Fibbiefibs

[AZBlue]

236. The last line of your post is so important, I'm repeating it here:

Obama has said countless times in his speeches that the change he wants to help bring about will be very difficult to bring about and requires the dedication of a wide group of Americans...

Simply put, he understands what a democracy is: for the people, by the people. And he's going to hold us accountable as well as give us the opportunity to do our part. It's high time someone did!

[Oilwellian]

237. Next, she'll be saying...

"they're coming to take me away ha ha hey hey ho ho....."

[tandem5]

238. finally - more please! nt

[Straight Shooter]

239. Made me laugh.

Hillary sure makes obama look about as entertaining as a tumbleweed. :D

[OneBlueSky]

244. "You are not going to wave a magic want and make the special interests disappear!" . . .

of course not . . . particularly if they're bankrolling your campaign . . . is Sen. Clinton not the single largest beneficiary of contributions from the healthcare industry? . . . or is that not a special interest? . . .

pot . . . kettle . . . say no more . . .

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

245. Where's Chuck Barris when you need him?

The Gong Show

[workinclasszero]

247. Hillary is the Anti-Hope

Hillary is a vile and nasty human being in charge of a miserable failed campaign.

Its all over on March 4.