Michael Leon blogs at http://malcontends.blogspot.com. Michael is a writer living in Madison, Wisconsin. His writing has appeared nationally in The Progressive, In These Times, OpEdNews.com, and CounterPunch.
Clinton Pretends There Was a Debate Last Night!
via MAL Contends
The campaign reactions tell the story.
You can see the difference in the integrity of the two campaigns by their reactions to this inane, imbecilic forum last night by two manifestly unqualified debate moderators.
There was a serious debate last night and Hillary won, says Hillary's campaign.
Obama’s site offers Americans the opportunity to comment on this travesty, "Post Debate: Any thoughts? If you're tired of a slash and burn politics that trades distraction for real debate, you don't have to sit idly and watch anymore."
Clinton’s site pretends that this was a real, substantive debate, "Hillary's Reviews Are In: 'The Winner,' 'Strong Presence,' 'In Her Element'" [Just like Hillary is pretending there was a primary in Michigan and Fla.]
Hillary is still the same, old, lying politician to which more and more Americans are taking a dislike.
No need to cite from last night; it's a waste of time that only Hillary could dignify.











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My Take
In response I'd like to repost my comment from a another site.
"The whole debate looked like a set up. Using George Stephanopoulos as an “objective” moderator is ridiculous. Why not Mark Penn...? Remember how Richardson was attacked by Bill C. for not exercising his “loyalty” to the Clintons. Looks like Stephanopoulos is “loyal”.
All the old non-issues toward Obama were brought up. If that was going to be the “debate criteria” then why didn’t the road go BOTH WAYS? Why not any questions about the Richardson issue to Clinton? Why no inquiry concerning the Mark Penn fiasco? What about the Hsu affair? What of the allegations concerning the thrice-convicted felon Peter Paul and that “fund-raising activity”. What about Clinton’s suspect associations with the fundamentalist group known as “The Fellowship” and also called “the family”? Why no inquiry into the suspect associations of “the family” such as; Suharto, John Ashcroft, Rick Santorum, and Brazilian dictator General Costa e Silva? Why not one question to Clinton regarding her SILENCE concerning the 200,000+ votes cast in Ohio, Texas and Mississippi by Republicans in her name? Why nothing addressing the release of the supposed “Muslim” picture of Obama? Why no question of her involvement with Delta, Land and Pine and the Rose Law Firm? Where was the inquiry into her association with BCCI (Bank of Commercial Credit Int.) a known front company for laundering dirty money for the Saudis, Pakistanis and others?
In stark contrast Obama was consistently barraged with already settled matters. Those issues have been settled. Yet many of Clinton’s have yet to be acknowledged by the MSM.
Some back-drop for those who aren’t familiar with “The Fellowship”.
“Coe’s friends include former Attorney General John Ashcroft, Reaganite Edwin Meese III, and ultraconservative Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.). Under Coe’s guidance, Meese has hosted weekly prayer breakfasts for politicians, businesspeople, and diplomats, and Pitts rose from obscurity to head the House Values Action Team, an off-the-record network of religious right groups and members of Congress created by Tom DeLay. The corresponding Senate Values Action Team is guided by another Coe protégé, Brownback, who also claims to have recruited King Abdullah of Jordan into a regular study of Jesus’ teachings.
The Fellowship’s long-term goal is “a leadership led by God—leaders of all levels of society who direct projects as they are led by the spirit.” According to the Fellowship’s archives, the spirit has in the past led its members in Congress to increase U.S. support for the Duvalier regime in Haiti and the Park dictatorship in South Korea. The Fellowship’s God-led men have also included General Suharto of Indonesia; Honduran general and death squad organizer Gustavo Alvarez Martinez; a Deutsche Bank official disgraced by financial ties to Hitler; and dictator Siad Barre of Somalia, plus a list of other generals and dictators. Clinton, says Schenck, has become a regular visitor to Coe’s Arlington, Virginia, headquarters, a former convent where Coe provides members of Congress with sex-segregated housing and spiritual guidance”
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/hillarys-prayer.html
Link for info. on the Clinton involvement with BCCI: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg/347
NOT ONE QUESTION ASKED OF CLINTON AND HER VERY, VERY SUSPECT “ASSOCIATIONS”. Clinton had the gall to say “she would’ve left Obama’s church. I suppose we can just that to the list of Clinton’s current and pending LIES. She talks the talk, she doesn’t walk the walk."
Gibson and Stephanopoulos
with Hillary enabling, have implanted in the political consciousness an expectation of what next; what are they are going to try to sell?
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