Comments on: Nevada: Keeping An Eye on the Ball http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/ Follow FOX News' Major Garret as he reports on the 2008 presidential candidates. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:43:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Amanda http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1818 Amanda Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:13:44 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1818 Obama's momentum is real, BUT I'm baffled by the reasoning behind it. Hillary has walked him in each and every debate, and yet I constantly hear people praise his eloquence. Furthermore, he has recently taken up an affectation that makes him sound like a revivalist preacher. I prefer authenticity over such chicanery and I would hope that people would choose the same. If you have to fake your mannerisms to stir voters to your corner, then substance has no place in the debate. In the end, most people are lemmings willing to follow rather than hold to their convictions and entertain independent thought. We saw what a catastrophe voting for the candidate who you'd like to have a beer with drew. Let's not be so flippant with our choice this time around. Obama’s momentum is real, BUT I’m baffled by the reasoning behind it. Hillary has walked him in each and every debate, and yet I constantly hear people praise his eloquence. Furthermore, he has recently taken up an affectation that makes him sound like a revivalist preacher. I prefer authenticity over such chicanery and I would hope that people would choose the same. If you have to fake your mannerisms to stir voters to your corner, then substance has no place in the debate.
In the end, most people are lemmings willing to follow rather than hold to their convictions and entertain independent thought. We saw what a catastrophe voting for the candidate who you’d like to have a beer with drew. Let’s not be so flippant with our choice this time around.

]]> By: jwilbanks6 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1670 jwilbanks6 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:34:51 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1670 I AM A SIXTY YEAR OLD WHITE MALE. AND WHILE I BELIVE THAT SEN. OBAMA WOULD BE GOOD, I BELIVE SEN. CLINTON WOULD BE BETTER FOR OUR NATION, SHE KNOWS BEST TO HOW TO BRING THE DIFFECT BACK TO THE POSITIVE SIDE, BEST ON HEALTH CARE AND HAS AS GOOD A UNDER STANDING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE U. S. "VOTE SEN. HILLARY CLINTON 2008." THANK YOU. I AM A SIXTY YEAR OLD WHITE MALE. AND WHILE I BELIVE THAT SEN. OBAMA WOULD BE GOOD, I BELIVE SEN. CLINTON WOULD BE BETTER FOR OUR NATION, SHE KNOWS BEST TO HOW TO BRING THE DIFFECT BACK TO THE POSITIVE SIDE, BEST ON HEALTH CARE AND HAS AS GOOD A UNDER STANDING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE U. S. “VOTE SEN. HILLARY CLINTON 2008.” THANK YOU.

]]> By: steve schaible http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1403 steve schaible Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:25:36 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1403 NEWS FLASH, BEGALA AND CARVILLE JOINING CLINTON CAMPAIGN ( NOT!!!!!). COME ON, MAN UP MAJOR, YOU KNOW YOU WERE WRONG AND YOUR SOURCES WERE WRONG. BY NOT ADMITTING IT, IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR MOMMY TOLD YOU WERE NEVER WRONG EVEN WHEN YOU WERE. STILL A FAN, BUT MAN UP ON THIS. NEWS FLASH, BEGALA AND CARVILLE JOINING CLINTON CAMPAIGN ( NOT!!!!!). COME ON, MAN UP MAJOR, YOU KNOW YOU WERE WRONG AND YOUR SOURCES WERE WRONG. BY NOT ADMITTING IT, IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR MOMMY TOLD YOU WERE NEVER WRONG EVEN WHEN YOU WERE. STILL A FAN, BUT MAN UP ON THIS.

]]> By: David R. Hill http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1400 David R. Hill Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:50:59 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1400 Mr. Garrett, The tone of this article is as if it is written from someone in the Clinton Campaign. The definition of a win in this race is who gets the most delegates. If who is going to be rewarded with the most delegates is still undecided, then the Nevada caucas results should be reports as: too close to call, yet to be determined, we don't know yet, etc. I do not support either of these two candidates. I do want the media to report what is really happening on the ground accurately. Thank you, David R. HIll Mr. Garrett,

The tone of this article is as if it is written from someone in the Clinton Campaign.
The definition of a win in this race is who gets the most delegates. If who is going to be rewarded with the most delegates is still undecided, then the Nevada caucas results should be reports as: too close to call, yet to be determined, we don’t know yet, etc.

I do not support either of these two candidates. I do want the media to report what is really happening on the ground accurately.

Thank you,
David R. HIll

]]> By: bill http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1394 bill Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:10:49 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1394 Hillary Clinton, will say ANYTHING do ANYTHING to get elected. She has run a shameless campaign, not just in NV, but everywhere. The future of the country is just that the future, not the past. She needs to stop the dirty tricks, the back room deals and the underhanded way she and the former Pres. are acting and campaigning. As a Republican voter, i actually hope she wins the nod by her party so we can kick her butt in the general election....... Hillary Clinton, will say ANYTHING do ANYTHING to get elected. She has run a shameless campaign, not just in NV, but everywhere. The future of the country is just that the future, not the past. She needs to stop the dirty tricks, the back room deals and the underhanded way she and the former Pres. are acting and campaigning. As a Republican voter, i actually hope she wins the nod by her party so we can kick her butt in the general election…….

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]]> By: Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1384 Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:31:09 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1384 Winning is a group effort. Hillary Clinton''s narrow and inherited support among already-committed Democratic voters makes a general election victory very iffy. You need to appeal to independents and a certain number of Republicans. Accomplishing an agenda for change takes a village, not a round-up of usual suspects. Only Barack Obama has shown any promise of making a change agenda a community, and a winning, effort. Martin Edwin Andersen Churchton, Maryland Winning is a group effort.

Hillary Clinton’’s narrow and inherited support among already-committed Democratic voters makes a general election victory very iffy.

You need to appeal to independents and a certain number of Republicans.

Accomplishing an agenda for change takes a village, not a round-up of usual suspects.

Only Barack Obama has shown any promise of making a change agenda a community, and a winning, effort.

Martin Edwin Andersen
Churchton, Maryland

]]> By: V Racer http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1379 V Racer Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:42:16 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1379 Racist blacks will all vote for Obama. Sexist females will all vote for Hillary. The economically envious will vote for Edwards. All who put their politics above the security of our country will vote democrat. All those diluted to believe "he lied" and that we need to impoverish our country to counter global warming, will vote democrat. Those who would give illegal immigrants a free and undeserved ticket to the American dream, will vote democrat. Those who vote for their living, will vote democrat. So folks, consider your primary vote very carefully. The world as we know it is in the balance. Racist blacks will all vote for Obama. Sexist females will all vote for Hillary. The economically envious will vote for Edwards. All who put their politics above the security of our country will vote democrat. All those diluted to believe “he lied” and that we need to impoverish our country to counter global warming, will vote democrat. Those who would give illegal immigrants a free and undeserved ticket to the American dream, will vote democrat. Those who vote for their living, will vote democrat. So folks, consider your primary vote very carefully. The world as we know it is in the balance.

]]> By: Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1377 Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:31:22 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1377 Ethnic (and racial) prejudices are a peculiar thing, as the Clintons' race-coded campaign is showing. I remember in 1988, when the punditocracy--faced with the prospect of a Democratic candidacy of an eloquent and empowering governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, openly questioned whether someone with a vowel at the end of their last name could win a national election. We not only ended up that year with a candidate named Michael Dukakis (also with an ethnic last name, but no vowel), who was trounced by George H.W. Bush, a favorite of Hillary Clinton (check out her Web site). Today the Clintons and their surrogates are using thinly veiled race coding against another candidate, while hoping to enlist Latinos in their cause. Question is, if they are willing to do that against one group today, can any minority group member really feel the Clintons' will protect them, push comes to shove? Espero que me entienden. Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen P.S. Hillary, tomorrow is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, not Lyndon B. Johnson Day Ethnic (and racial) prejudices are a peculiar thing, as the Clintons’ race-coded campaign is showing.

I remember in 1988, when the punditocracy–faced with the prospect of a Democratic candidacy of an eloquent and empowering governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, openly questioned whether someone with a vowel at the end of their last name could win a national election.

We not only ended up that year with a candidate named Michael Dukakis (also with an ethnic last name, but no vowel), who was trounced by George H.W. Bush, a favorite of Hillary Clinton (check out her Web site).

Today the Clintons and their surrogates are using thinly veiled race coding against another candidate, while hoping to enlist Latinos in their cause.

Question is, if they are willing to do that against one group today, can any minority group member really feel the Clintons’ will protect them, push comes to shove?

Espero que me entienden.

Martin Edwin “Mick” Andersen

P.S. Hillary, tomorrow is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, not Lyndon B. Johnson Day

]]> By: Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1376 Martin Edwin "Mick" Andersen Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:51:46 +0000 http://bourbonroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/01/19/nevada-keeping-an-eye-on-the-ball/#comment-1376 Democratic women and Latinos do not--in and of themselves--a winning November coalition make. And therein lies the problem ... Hillary Clinton's inherited and narrow support among already committed Democratic voters makes a general election victory very iffy. You need appeal to independents and a certain number of Republicans. Even worse, the Clintons' polarizing figures make the prospect of their governing in 2009-2012 unappetizing indeed. Accomplishing an agenda for change takes a village, not a round up of usual suspects. Democratic women and Latinos do not–in and of themselves–a winning November coalition make.

And therein lies the problem … Hillary Clinton’s inherited and narrow support among already committed Democratic voters makes a general election victory very iffy.

You need appeal to independents and a certain number of Republicans.

Even worse, the Clintons’ polarizing figures make the prospect of their governing in 2009-2012 unappetizing indeed.

Accomplishing an agenda for change takes a village, not a round up of usual suspects.

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