Comments on: Clinton unsure about electability of Clinton

By: auditionis.info

auditionis.info — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:17:53 +0000

Clinton unsure about electability of Clinton…

… (Bill) Clintonian, blatant attempt at slickness. Sorry, the guy is neither as brilliant nor as savvy as he has been advertised to be. (For the record, neither are Hillary or McCain.) I wouldn’t blame him for wanting a smoke, either….

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:03:22 +0000

I also think there’s a difference between Democrats’ concerns (or lack thereof) over earmarks vs. how Republican voters feel about them. I’ve already seen one article about how it’s perfectly acceptable for the elected officials who go to DC from "net taxpaying" states like Illinois and NY to try to ~~milk the system~~ bring home money for local projects.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:56:58 +0000

Pat, I’ve checked and you are correct, my apologies. The post has been edited and a link (which I left out by mistake) provided. I think the general point stands in terms of how this would look next to McCain but no need to take things out of proportion.

By: PatHMV

PatHMV — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:23:13 +0000

Claudia, I’ve got to look at the details again, but I think this one is over-blown. If I recall what I read this morning properly, the amount she requested is 3 times what others received. It’s very common practice to request many more earmarks than the Congressman expects to receive.

Not that it’s anything to be proud of, but maybe not quite as out there as the article made it out to be.