Hillary gets an endorsement-Unfortunately it's RICHARD MELLON SCAIFE:

[mod mom]

Architect Of Vast Right Wing Conspiracy "Reassesses" Hillary

NYT/Pittsburgh Trib-Review | March 31, 2008 10:23 AM

To Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Richard Mellon Scaife qualifies as a charter member of the 'vast right-wing conspiracy,'" the New York Times notes, "having bankrolled an elaborate multimillion-dollar campaign throughout the 1990s to unearth damaging information about the couple."

But in a striking about-face, Mr. Scaife now says he has changed his mind -- at least about one half of the duo.

"I have a very different impression of Hillary Clinton today," he wrote in an opinion article published Sunday, amid her campaign for president. "And it's a very favorable one indeed."

His sudden conversion from fervid Clinton basher to lukewarm Clinton fan occurred after Mrs. Clinton, a Democratic senator from New York, sat down for a 90-minute interview with reporters and editors of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper owned by Mr. Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking fortune.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/31/architect-of-vast-right-w_n_94235.html

[SoFlaJet]

1. Oh my God

you gotta be kidding me

[DerekJ]

2. No he is not.

That's the sad part.

[SoFlaJet]

6. anybody who actually BELIEVES these kinds of people

are even more delusional than the Clinton supporters who actually believe she can still win the nomination

[SoonerPride]

3. With friends like that..........

Who needs enemies?

[redqueen]

4. Aaaahahahahaahahahahaha....

Oh my... first Ann Coulter and now this?

:rofl:

[mod mom]

8. Don't forget how Rush is helping her out w cross-over votes. The GOP really wants her

to be the nominee-don't they?

[redqueen]

14. Yup.

Recycled talking points.

[Hieronymus]

29. Big time, they've wanted her since day one, because she has such high

negative numbers. All polls show that Obama would do better against McCain.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. If someone was bashing me and my husband for 15 years, I wouldn't accept his endorsement.

She has the nerve to question Obama's association with his pastor while cozying up to this joker.

I'm really starting to regret all those years that I vigorously defended the Clintons from the Scaife attack machine.

[blm]

43. The 90s attacks were PURE DOG AND PONY SHOW for the bases while Clintons were sweeping

all the outstanding matters of IranContra, Iraqgate, BCCI and CIA drugrunning operations under the oval office rug for GHWBush and his powerful cronies.

Whitewater was great cover while BushInc went into Rose Law Firm and scrubbed it clean for Jackson Stephens and GHWBush's BCCI dealings.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

45. I have a feeling you are right about that.

I've always wondered why the RW acted like they hated Bill so much when he did their bidding so often.

[Sensitivity]

7. Hillary has abandoned all HONOR or INTEGRITY in pursuit of the POTUS

[polichick]

9. "Our" political machine teams up with their political machine...

...but this time the people are saying, "No Fuckin' Way!"

[mod mom]

11. I would love to see the end of "our" when any DLC types are concerned.

these folks are willing to sell out their country for the almighty $.

[redqueen]

28. Hear hear. (nt)

[polichick]

30. Me too - down with machines, UP WITH CITIZENS!

[CoffeeCat]

10. As the Superdelegates endorse Obama...

...Hillary sits in a mud puddle with Richard Mellon Scaife and Joe Lieberman.

All of the evil assclown sociopaths can't get enough of Hillary!

[The Night Owl]

12. Scaife's endorsement of Clinton might bring in votes. Farrakhan's endorsement of...

...Obama will surely cost us votes.

[DerekJ]

17. You know what, I really feel sorry for you.

[mod mom]

21. RCROSS-OVER VOTES that will evaporate in Nov and would lead to a McCain victory BUT

she's running out of money as she is scrapping the bottom for support. Maybe this is tied to that "Fellowship" she's involved in-that far right Christian group.

[Yael]

13. How long before she has him declared a Super Delegate?

:rofl:

[niceypoo]

15. Of course if he endorsed Obama...

...his supporters would claim it is proof of the unity with republicans that Obama continually brags about.

[DerekJ]

22. He didn't go after Obama callling him a murderer

[ampad]

27. Oh whatever

You have nothing to say to the defense of this crap so you go off on "what if's" No need to do that because there was no way in hell this man would ever endorse Obama and you know it.

[Mooney]

32. Except he didn't endorse Obama, he endorsed Hillary Clinton.

Nice attempt at deflection though.

[LiberalAndProud]

41. I don't believe Obama will grant that interview.

Could be wrong. Doubt it.

A LINK on Senator Clinton's website to that. Again WHY? She's not even looking to her base for votes any more. Guess that Operation Chaos is working out pretty well for her.

[Hugabear]

16. And Bill Richardson is the fucking traitor...

:sarcasm:

[GoneOffShore]

37. Along with Keith Olbermann, Patrick Leahy and Randi Rhodes

Oh the humanity!!!

[redqueen]

44. ... and Michael Moore... and Molly Ivins, too, were she still alive.

Sad times.

[GoneOffShore]

49. I'd forgotten them, though how could I forget Molly?

Self :spank:

[bvar22]

51. ...and John Kerry...Ted Kennedy....Russ Feingold....

...ALL traitors...

...Stephanie Miller,...Thom Hartmann,....Jim Hightower...

ALL Right Wingers.

[Forkboy]

54. A lot of Hillary fans seem to prefer the right wing over the left wing.

Any post in a storm, I guess.... :puke:

[AllexxisF1]

18. I really cannot believe this.

You know you hear about conspiracy theories like the Rothschilds and one world government and how both parties have been taken over by this group. You hear these things and you kind of toss it aside with this sort of of smirk. But then you look at Hillary these past weeks and I cannot fathom on how she is acting.

Never in a million years would I ever think that she would align herself with this man. A man who we ALL cannot stand.

Why?...that is my question. What possible reason could she have to align herself with this man? This is a man who paid people to say things like the Clinton were involved in drug trafficking and countless other crazy stories.

If this story does'nt get Hillary supporters to kind of go "HUH?" and take a step back and go "WTF?" (like many of us already are) something is up and personally I don't like it.


More as time go's on I have this feeling that Obama is a very real threat to this group (world bankers, military industrial complex, Bilderberg, etc.)...to which it scares the hell out of me.


This race isn't about Republican vs. Democrat it really is the people vs. the puppet masters. They have the money, they have the guns, they own the law...let's just pray that we can and will prevail.

[Umbram]

19. Win at all costs, including integrity. (nt)

[TexanDem]

20. Sounds to me like some deal was made!

[DerekJ]

25. Yes!!

Some deal was made for sure. What deal is the million dollar question.

[NJSecularist]

23. This is unbelievable.

This is the guy who did everything in his power in the 90s to take the Clintons down... and now Hillary is having tea and cookies with him?

Does Hillary not have any pride? Any moral compass? Or will she do anything and everything to win the nomination?

[whatchamacallit]

24. The destruction of America is not complete

They need Hill to finish the job.

[rurallib]

26. All she needs is Moon for the trifecta -

Murdoch, Scaife, and Moon.

[DerekJ]

31. She's the Manchurian candidate?!!

[DerekJ]

33. Kick !!!

[splat]

34. He specifically said he did not endorse; hasn't met with Obama yet. Why make this up?

Your credibility suffers if you title your post with what did not happen. And now you've misled a lot of other Obama supporters into spouting an untruth that's easy to knock down. Not smart.

Does all this mean I'm ready to come out and recommend that our Democrat readers choose Sen. Clinton in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary?

No -- not yet, anyway. In fairness, we at the Trib want to hear Sen. Barack Obama's answers to some of the same questions and to others before we make that decision.

But it does mean that I have a very different impression of Hillary Clinton today than before last Tuesday's meeting -- and it's a very favorable one indeed.

Call it a "counterintuitive" impression.

The real link

[The Night Owl]

36. LET IT SINK has been replaced in favor of a new strategy- MAKE SHIT UP. Case in point...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5323572&mesg_id=5323572

[Major Hogwash]

39. Hillary should pull a snagglepuss.

Exit, stage right.

LoL

[redqueen]

46. Thanks.

*sigh*

[mod mom]

52. from the article:

I have a very different impression of Hillary Clinton today," he wrote in an opinion article published Sunday, amid her campaign for president. "And it's a very favorable one indeed."

endorsement, noun.

3. (Figurative.) approval; support.

Sounds like an endorsement to moi- if you mean to imply there is no SUPERDELEGATE status w this endorsement-then you are correct.

[PoliticalAmazon]

35. HRC and supporters dont' get it:: Scaife endorsement is NOT a good thing!

Too bad Pol Pot isn't still alive because HRC could get his endorsement and then brag about it. Sheesh.

[Major Hogwash]

38. The same paper that has trashed Teresa Heinz Kerry for years.

That's just great. Even he knows that Hillary is a damned warmonger!

[Pawel K]

40. Something stinks, and it's the same smell lieberman gave off.

[whatchamacallit]

42. Breaking: Hillary gets Satan endorsement - Supporters are ecstatic!

:evilgrin:

[tabasco]

47. Just what we don't need.

Another President who goes around kowtowing to billionaires.

Another President who calls the "haves and have-mores" her base.

[MethuenProgressive]

48. OP is debunked, "Richard Mellon Scaife did NOT endorse Hillary"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5327791

Richard Mellon Scaife did NOT endorse Hillary -- don't spread that, it's wrong

Scaife's Pittsburgh Tribune Review editorial specifically states he is not endorsing:


Does all this mean I'm ready to come out and recommend that our Democrat readers choose Sen. Clinton in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary?

No -- not yet, anyway. In fairness, we at the Trib want to hear Sen. Barack Obama's answers to some of the same questions and to others before we make that decision.

But it does mean that I have a very different impression of Hillary Clinton today than before last Tuesday's meeting -- and it's a very favorable one indeed.

Call it a "counterintuitive" impression.

[emilyg]

50. There was no endorsement. Carry on.

[DerekJ]

53. Post #52:

I have a very different impression of Hillary Clinton today," he wrote in an opinion article published Sunday, amid her campaign for president. "And it's a very favorable one indeed."

endorsement, noun.

3. (Figurative.) approval; support.

Sounds like an endorsement to moi- if you mean to imply there is no SUPERDELEGATE status w this endorsement-then you are correct.