After the Beltway primaries on Tuesday, the Associated Press's Ron Fournier compiled a different kind of Clinton Enemies List.
No, not the people and groups Bill and Hillary consider to be their enemies.
Instead, in "Chickens Come Home to Roost," Fournier listed the types of Democratic Convention superdelegates who have been unhappy with the Clintons for as many as 16 years:
..... they are not all super fans of the Clintons.
Some are labor leaders still angry that Bill Clinton championed the North American Free Trade Agreement as part of his centrist agenda.
Some are social activists who lobbied unsuccessfully to get him to veto welfare reform legislation, a talking point for his 1996 re-election campaign.
Some served in Congress when the Clintons dismissed their advice on health care reform in 1993. Some called her a bully at the time.
Story Continues Below Ad ↓Some are DNC members who saw the party committee weakened under the Clintons and watched President Bush use the White House to build up the Republican National Committee.
Some are senators who had to defend Clinton for lying to the country about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Some are allies of former Vice President Al Gore who still believe the Lewinsky scandal cost him the presidency in 2000.
Fournier goes on to list still others, ultimately leading to a question he never asked -- Is there anyone left who actually likes them?
Old Media reporters never seem to have a problem finding a disgruntled or dissident Republican when the need to find one arises.
So the obvious question for AP, Fournier, and the rest of Old Media is this: Why have we been conditioned to see the Clintons as Democratic royalty all these years, while rarely, if ever, hearing anything from the dissidents?
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
—Tom Blumer is president of a training and development company in Mason, Ohio, and is a contributing editor to NewsBusters
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There's another list
February 14, 2008 - 00:33 ET by yruymi"There is a long list of those Bill and Hillary Clinton either intimately knew or were involved with who were murdered, mysteriously died, committed suicide or disappeared" - Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies. p 34 - Gregg Jackson
I'll bet these people and their families aren't too happy with the Clintons either.
The Clintons left scorched earth in their wake. Now they want to go back and cultivate?
I'm a big Bill Clinton fan......
February 14, 2008 - 00:39 ET by shawn228but I am sick and tired of his whining as of late. I guess Jerry Rice and Michael Jordon were great in their day, but no one had any use for them when the got older and kept whining. Go Obama!!
Nobody messes with Superman
So Shawn, what will you do
February 14, 2008 - 16:57 ET by dscottSo Shawn, what will you do if Hillary pulls a Clinton and gets the super delegates to install her as the Dem nominee? Think carefully before you respond because many people are listening to what you say here at NB. As an Obama supporter are you prepared to register your protest against such a possibility? If you aren't, then the party bosses will do as they please knowing you and the rest will hold your nose to vote for Hillary just as certain Repubs are being expected to do with McCain. You in the Dem Party have the same problem as we do in the Repub Party, a clique believes they can manipulate the process for their own ends without consequence.
Lord Sidious / Darth Vader 2008 Long Live the Empire! Come to the Dark Side, it is your Destiny.
I would be p*ssed
February 15, 2008 - 00:12 ET by shawn228I would be very angry if that happenned. It does not matter if the super delegates picked Obama or Clinton. The people that came out and voted should get to choose.
Also this is very different that what is going on in the Republican party. The battle between Obama and Clinton is very close. McCain was the clear leader and won fair and square, nobody is manipulating anything and the people that said Huck was only still in it to screw Romney can clearly see that he is still in the race and not bowing out.
Nobody messes with Superman
First Shawn, thank you for
February 15, 2008 - 11:33 ET by dscottFirst Shawn, thank you for you opinion on the super delegate matter. Clearly we agree that the people of their respective political parties should be the ones to decide who represents their thinking and interests, as this is the cornerstone of self governance called Consent of the Governed. Anyone or group who interfers with this process is no friend of Democracy.
We will obviously disagree on what happened on the Repub side since I maintain the MSM manipulated the process to de-select conservative candidates by withholding coverage or giving negative press to deny the public an opportunity to decide what type of candidates they want. Bill Press admitted as much in his mea culpa claiming the Clintons are being unfairly dissed by the MSM. http://conservablogs.com/publiusforum/2008/02/14/if-i-did-it/
However, I am one of those who are very happy with Huckabee staying in the race to give McCain a run for his money. Personally I don't like Huckabee either, but I see him as a useful tool to make the point to McCain that he had better not take conservatives for granted, otherwise just like in 2006 the GOP will not have their support. If we were willing to punish the GOP in 2006, he is on notice that we will punish him in 2008, he is not entitled to our votes and should know better.
Lord Sidious / Darth Vader 2008 Long Live the Empire! Come to the Dark Side, it is your Destiny.
Dear GOD, PLEASE, No more clintons...
February 14, 2008 - 01:19 ET by JoggerNotI Hope/ think that even if hussein is elected, he would at least suround himself with thinkers. He has a problem with thinking. Or maybe talking about thinking! We can control, ? With a rep congress, ( I am concluding you all, will vote?) for a rep. congress? Senate? No matter, clintons will be the begining of the end. imho.
The US of A. Deserves better than this.
February 14, 2008 - 01:50 ET by JoggerNotHistory Shows Again, and again how nature points out the follies of man..boc
better than what? Nobody
February 14, 2008 - 01:53 ET by shawn228better than what?
Nobody messes with Superman
Better than the clowns
February 14, 2008 - 14:48 ET by well99I mean congressman we have in.We do have the best congress money can buy.That is the problem.The presidential election I will again have to chose not the best person of a great selection but the least of evils.Oh just a note:My Witcher could kick Superman's butt.
Sorry Well99?
February 15, 2008 - 00:09 ET by shawn228What is a witcher? is that some kind of online gaming term? btw, I like the Burger King tender grill. I guess white meat is not all bad.
Nobody messes with Superman
New Game
February 15, 2008 - 01:11 ET by well99You can get Demo at gamespot.
http://www.gamespot.com/search.html?type=11&stype=all&tag=search%3Bbutton&om_act=convert&om_clk=search&qs=The+witcher&x=48&y=14#download
It is a pc game.It is a PC RPG game with mature rating.Keep the kids away.Funny thing is it reminds me of this election.You have to choose the lesser of two evils.Just a note:There is chicken in the game.No wings..boo hiss..still a good game.
Perhaps Fournier reads Newsbusters
February 14, 2008 - 02:23 ET by Lame CherryFor the simple point I have been making these same points here for days. Perhaps when the liberals get tired of thinking it is just easier to come to Newsbusters and prowl for article material and put their name on it.
The New York Times and Joe Biden never do such things either in taking other people's material.
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Go Obama!
February 14, 2008 - 02:49 ET by Parker1227Tears ran down my cheeks as I gazed fawningly at the striking figure of a young man speaking rapturously about a politics of hope and a unified government free of the quarreling and corruption of special interest groups. All we had to do was close our tear reddened eyes and dream! My lip quivered. I had to stop my wife from taking her underwear off and throwing it at the young superstar.
On the way home in the car, as the exhilaration faded to a pleasant glow, I starting thinking about how nice it would be in Washington once Obama ran all those special interests out of town:
Suddenly, I felt like I had purpose in life! I didn't even feel the need to go to church the next day. What did they have over Obama? He was the man of the season - and for all seasons. Go Obama! And someone pass the Kleenex.
Libs eating their own kind!
February 14, 2008 - 04:18 ET by rbosqueLibs eating their own kind! Who knew!
The thing I found
February 14, 2008 - 04:55 ET by fitzfongThe thing I found so interesting about this article was that Fournier failed to mention anyone by name...as if the "defectors" are afraid of any retribution they might receive from the Clinton Machine should they be identified. Like a bunch of cowards, these "Obama Supporters" won't stand up to the Clinton bullies. Tells you all you need to know about all of them.
By the way, Slick BJ is STILL carrying a grudge with the Cape Cod Orca over his endorsement of the Barack "the Answer" Obama. You'd think he'd let it go so he doesn't look like such a pathetic fool for whining over a slight from a drunken has-been. I'm starting to think that Bubba's got a glass jaw.
The long
February 14, 2008 - 06:00 ET by USA4freedomThe long knifes...
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party,the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Bubba & Hillary
February 14, 2008 - 08:27 ET by political mavenLook, folks, let's face it. Bush destroyed the Republican Party by turning left on spending, the border, whatever.
We will be wandering in the wilderness for the next 4 years.
But first things first...won't it be just wonderful to be rid of the Clintons? I'm so sick of them...and how they operate. Ruthless, lying, cheating, swindling, treasonous (Billy boy singlehandedly turned China into a Superpower with the technology he shipped over) slimeballs.
The Republic will survive Obama. He's a Marxist...yes. But he's a loveable dodo & basically a nice guy. The Supreme court will lurch left. The country will rebound in 2012 & realize what an emptyheaded platitude spouting nothing he is. But he won't murder & audit to death all his opponents, like Billary!
Oh to see the Clintons just GO AWAY!!!