tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post254274197673263433..comments2023-10-26T06:05:37.052-04:00Comments on Blaber's News and Commentary: Here and ThereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-71240491338675779492007-12-23T22:23:00.000-05:002007-12-23T22:23:00.000-05:00Clinton, Obama and Edwards are in a statistical de...Clinton, Obama and Edwards are in a statistical dead heat in Iowa, and of the three, only Edwards is truly "electable."<BR/><BR/>It's a sad truth that many Democrats, who publicly profess they're ready to elect a woman or a person of color for president, will not pull the lever once that curtain closes. So, even if Hilary or Barack should somehow win the nomination, neither one will ever prevail in the general election.<BR/><BR/>In general, I could vote for either one of them, but in this particular primary race there are at least two or three other Democratic candidates who are better anyway, so it's a moot point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-72459992055336306782007-12-22T10:38:00.000-05:002007-12-22T10:38:00.000-05:00It's getting tight. Obama leads in Iowa, has tied ...It's getting tight. Obama leads in Iowa, has tied Clinton in New Hampshire and the national polls are tightening also. Panic time has brought negative campaigning by the Clinton troops with President Clinton running amok.<BR/><BR/>How a person campaigns, especially during rough times is a good idicator of how they would govern. Clinton panics, Obama and his advisors remained calm and resolute when they were behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-40633651358582606722007-12-19T23:45:00.000-05:002007-12-19T23:45:00.000-05:00Thank you to the last poster. It is much apprecia...Thank you to the last poster. It is much appreciated. I guess we do need a bio on Bill - and maybe on Mike (lol) too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-71449263414856377312007-12-19T16:00:00.000-05:002007-12-19T16:00:00.000-05:00That's not Bill Berardi, that was Legislator Mike ...That's not Bill Berardi, that was Legislator Mike Berardi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-25470460950809895022007-12-19T15:01:00.000-05:002007-12-19T15:01:00.000-05:00Oopsie. Bill Berardi was apparently the only Dem ...Oopsie. Bill Berardi was apparently the only Dem against the Impeachment resolution. That "isn't" good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-90390501385735096952007-12-19T09:15:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:15:00.000-05:00Lucky for Hillary, she was 'out of town' for last ...Lucky for Hillary, she was 'out of town' for last night's vote on the war bill. Dem's lose againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-8842907192029548982007-12-19T06:06:00.000-05:002007-12-19T06:06:00.000-05:00To 3:37 - Bill Berardi has put a couple of posts o...To 3:37 - Bill Berardi has put a couple of posts on the UCP Blog ("Letters to the Blog") of late that are worth reading. He has also had a couple of letters in the local papers. I am impressed (though the bio is also a good idea) with his input so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-91523009058945935912007-12-19T05:44:00.000-05:002007-12-19T05:44:00.000-05:00I didn't mean to down Hillary either. I believe s...I didn't mean to down Hillary either. I believe she is doing what she has been taught to do, and is doing an excellent job from that perspective. <BR/><BR/>I simply come from a different perspective (childhood poverty, to be quite frank)...<BR/><BR/>and I don't think Hillary, due to her privleged life, "can" go where she needs to go with the sort of things people that have "come up the hard way" know about first hand.<BR/><BR/>Quote: "Forgive us for pretending to care for the poor, when we do not like poor people and do not want them in our homes" [United Presbyterian Church; "Litany for Holy Communion;" In Leonard Roy Frank's (Editor) "Random House Webster's Quationary;" p. 626.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-69577089111217924762007-12-18T21:11:00.000-05:002007-12-18T21:11:00.000-05:00Ron Paul has valuable input to this race in so far...Ron Paul has valuable input to this race in so far as his understanding of our economic suicide and foreign policy blunders. When you get down to his social views he gets really scary. I'm not sure overturning Roe vs Wade is worth saving our dollar. Edwards is supposed to stay quiet until his obvious electability puts him out front. Any democrat will bring relief to our economic disaster and help push down real estate back where it belongs,affordable. Speculation for financial gain is better suited to the stock market where all you lose is paper,not your home. I like Edwards and he'd be my first choice. I guess we're close enough to say it out loud. I'll support whomever gets the nomination and I don't have anything negative to say about any of our candidates. Hill has helped me personally and she's got my support for helping out here at home too. While she might not get the shot,she's still our senator 'til 2012.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-6883899099979321772007-12-18T10:24:00.000-05:002007-12-18T10:24:00.000-05:00btw, as far as the competition, what do you think ...btw, as far as the competition, what do you think about Ron Paul?<BR/><BR/>There are some negative rumors about him, as well - but i don't know if they are based in fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-90022456547025648992007-12-18T09:29:00.000-05:002007-12-18T09:29:00.000-05:00lol. I'm glad I'm "on to" something! Or am I bei...lol. I'm glad I'm "on to" something! Or am I being blasted?<BR/><BR/>I can't even tell the difference anymore...<BR/><BR/>I do know that Edwards is hanging in thus far, albeit more quietly than his counterparts. And that Huckabee is looking pretty good for the Republicans, even though when one digs around in his sandbox, some pretty creepy looking bugs --- allegedly hiring murderers to work in his house; paroling a rapist that went on to rape and kill another woman or two; advocating "female subservience" to thier husbands; advocating the quarantine of HIV-positive folks; etc. - seem to surface.<BR/><BR/>Edwards doesn't get enough air-time. But hopefully folks are looking beyond the glitz and the glamor for a man or woman who appears to love this country, the "U.S. Constitution," and the "Bill of Rights," more than money or some Armageddonist, militant, imperialistic version of God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-60638332816958384112007-12-18T06:43:00.000-05:002007-12-18T06:43:00.000-05:009:25-you're on to our strategy. Look at that poll ...9:25-you're on to our strategy. Look at that poll of Huckabee and Edwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-91302145964544052612007-12-17T21:25:00.000-05:002007-12-17T21:25:00.000-05:00Hillary Clinton is a powerful woman, no doubt abou...Hillary Clinton is a powerful woman, no doubt about it. But someone much more humble, like Edwards, is more my style. <BR/><BR/>Gingrich can't be trusted, any way you look at it...<BR/><BR/>In fact, in regards to both he and Hillary, I would say you are dealing with propanda masters, versus human beings with compassionate (much needed, at this point,wouldn't ya' say?) hearts.<BR/><BR/>As far as Obama, I still kinda' see him as a "mystery" man. I can't get past this instinctive question of "who is he really?"<BR/><BR/>But he would be my second choice from what I know so far.<BR/><BR/>Go Edwards!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-21483572572336765782007-12-17T17:41:00.000-05:002007-12-17T17:41:00.000-05:00Are you running for School Board byw?Are you running for School Board byw?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-8835101106571538252007-12-17T15:42:00.000-05:002007-12-17T15:42:00.000-05:00Speaking of cross endorsements it seems that the d...<I>Speaking of cross endorsements it seems that the disgraceful Senator from Connecticut, Joe Lieberman is going to endorse Senator John McCain for President tomorrow. Will this guy switch parties already? What an embarrassment to himself and his party.</I><BR/><BR/>Who is the embarrassment? Gentleman Joe or Kick-Ass John? <BR/><BR/>By the by, Lieberman is an independent...and McCain was a Dem before Reagan was President.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-50069787552839945642007-12-17T15:39:00.000-05:002007-12-17T15:39:00.000-05:00Blabs...you must have old polling news. The lates...Blabs...you must have old polling news. The latest is that Obama is 9 points ahead of Clinton and that was the Sunday papers. <BR/><BR/>And I thought you had your finger on the pulse of politics. Take the boy out of the city scene and throw him into the nationals scene and its scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-74741365672137551382007-12-17T15:37:00.000-05:002007-12-17T15:37:00.000-05:00Hey,Berardi is winning. How about a bio? Those of ...Hey,Berardi is winning. How about a bio? Those of us who don't know him,probably should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-61425993792516103202007-12-17T12:17:00.000-05:002007-12-17T12:17:00.000-05:00smitty...did you just call Hilary progressive????!...smitty...did you just call Hilary progressive????!!!!<BR/><BR/>Advocating for national health care doesn't necessarily make one a progressive, only progressive minded on that issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-35217846943667349752007-12-17T11:37:00.000-05:002007-12-17T11:37:00.000-05:00Jeremy, I think you have most of your post pretty ...Jeremy, I think you have most of your post pretty well thought out, but Clinton leading? Man, you need to get off your blog once in a while and pay attention to the outside world! Poor thing has aged about 5 years in the past month. There are some really great candidates on the Dem side and either Edwards or Obama will survive the primaries and caucuses and emerge as a wonderful ticket for this country to enable the shedding of the D.C. schmucks who have sold out to big business and the military industrial complex. We have a chance to become an admired leader in this world once again, but to accomplish this we need a very fresh start... not Bill Clinton's wife. Anybody want to go up to N.H. for GOTV for Senator Obama in January? <B>Yahoo!(and I don't mean the web company)away we go!</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-7835155533246596272007-12-17T09:52:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:52:00.000-05:00Where do you get your information? You are worse ...Where do you get your information? You are worse than Reynolds. Dart told Jeanette right up till the night before the vote that he was 99.9% with her. He says that and she confirms it. Seniors New years party should stop if the majority of the people coming are from outside Kingston. I do not want my tax dollars being handed out so some seniors from Hardenburgh can come down for the New Year dance. Clinton is in trouble in Iowa and she knows it, endorsements or not, and her campaign's multiple blatant attempts to dirty up Obama by making crap up are proof of that. The GOP has nothing to do with her being dead even in polls with both Obama and Edwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-63937706888555524312007-12-17T09:49:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:49:00.000-05:00You are consistent. Anything contrary to the Demo...You are consistent. Anything contrary to the Democrat party gets attacked.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Frank Dart did betray Provenzano. But, Jeanette's so stupid, she'll endorse Dart in 2 years. Watch and see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-34400554376096535282007-12-17T09:39:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:39:00.000-05:00Gingrich, like every other outed right-wing hypocr...Gingrich, like every other outed right-wing hypocrit, is so far to the left now that it doesn't matter whom they endorse or praise. Larry Craig will be all for gay rights in no time. A national healthcare system is inevitable with the rising costs and plummetting coverage. To all those who decry social programs,let's eliminate social security first for them and see how much they cry. I bet they change their minds pretty quickly when "their" social program is at stake! I'm glad Cuomo started a doctor rating system. It's about time the 5% of doctors that incurr the 95% of mal-practice litigation are put out of business. Much better than caps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-52620849816912554602007-12-17T08:24:00.000-05:002007-12-17T08:24:00.000-05:00Not this has anything to do with the ignorant peop...Not this has anything to do with the ignorant people who this think this nazi should be our president but.....<BR/>How about you asking your mayor when this city will actually maintain our streets during a storm properly?<BR/>Yesterday I actually saw TWO city employees in a pick up truck plowing albany ave(more like making a mess).<BR/>Is there really a need for two guys in a pick up? I've have plowed for over 20 years and 9 of them professionally for a municipality, and never have I seen this before. By the way there were 3 large trucks with all of thier drivers in the stadium diner for more than 30 minutes while this was happening. Another storm has past and the city streets are the worst of them all....And we even use straight salt, what gives? We should have bare wet roads by 9am everytime, but I guess its more important to let our employees play in the snow instead of work in it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23643028.post-33309295480021586982007-12-17T04:46:00.000-05:002007-12-17T04:46:00.000-05:00Any praise from Gingrich, is and should be viewed ...Any praise from Gingrich, is and should be viewed as the KISS OF DEATH for a Democrat. He, O'Rielly, and Dick Morris are the National version of SNAP, KACKLE and PLOP, or the axis of animosity to put it poetically...smitty<BR/><BR/>Hilary, or any progressive Democrat needs to go with National Health care,not fearing the words, concepts or its implimentation. It has worked in Europe for 100 years. Half truths, half measures, and double talk are not the answer. Check out Art Richter's HEALTH MATTERS on Ch23 8:30 PM, WED evenings...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com