Comments on: The Sleaze-o-meter: Democrat Edition http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/ Serving California State University, Fresno since 1922. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Benjamin Baxter http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-26555 Benjamin Baxter Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:57:03 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/#comment-26555 <em>The Collegian Staff Comment Future Squirrel Stuffer</em> I agree, but I had limited understanding and even less space on how exactly her scandals parsed, so I filed her numerous scandals under "political baggage." I figured it was my responsibility to at least try to give equal weight to the allegations of Obama sleaze. The Collegian Staff Comment
Future Squirrel Stuffer

I agree, but I had limited understanding and even less space on how exactly her scandals parsed, so I filed her numerous scandals under “political baggage.”

I figured it was my responsibility to at least try to give equal weight to the allegations of Obama sleaze.

]]> By: Benjamin Baxter http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-44289 Benjamin Baxter Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:57:00 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/#comment-44289 <em>The Collegian Staff Comment Future Squirrel Stuffer</em> I agree, but I had limited understanding and even less space on how exactly her scandals parsed, so I filed her numerous scandals under "political baggage." I figured it was my responsibility to at least try to give equal weight to the allegations of Obama sleaze. The Collegian Staff Comment
Future Squirrel Stuffer

I agree, but I had limited understanding and even less space on how exactly her scandals parsed, so I filed her numerous scandals under “political baggage.”

I figured it was my responsibility to at least try to give equal weight to the allegations of Obama sleaze.

]]> By: gm http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-26517 gm Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:17:23 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/#comment-26517 Actually it was a Chicago paper that broke the Obama story and the Clinton campaign exploited it. It doesn't seem to be a story that rises to anything approaching Clintonian sleaze levels however and don't forget the picture of a smiling Hillary with the same slumlord. Furthermore, how can one such controversy almost equal all the Clinton antics? You mention Whitewater. How about Travelgate while First Lady? Forget the accusation that the entire Lewinsky affair was concocted as part of a vast right-wing conspiracy when she knew what Bill had done? (and had done several times before) Bill's latest dealings that are netting his foundation over 100 million dollars in exchange for supporting a tyrant? Obama has a long ways to go in this regard to catch up with the Clintons. His campaign has at time been overzealous, but again can't touch the Clintons. The attacks on Obama's comments about Reagan and Republicans in the 90's are an insult to everyones intelligence and pure hypocrisy to those of us who recall Bill singing Reagan's praises in 92. The way Bill and Hill tried to marginalize Obama as a black candidate angered me and apparently alot of other people like nothing else I've heard so far this campaign season. More importantly, it reveals Clinton's real attitudes about race. I'm not arguing that Obama is a saint, just that he is a rank amateur when competing with the Clintons in the sleaze arena. Actually it was a Chicago paper that broke the Obama story and the Clinton campaign exploited it. It doesn’t seem to be a story that rises to anything approaching Clintonian sleaze levels however and don’t forget the picture of a smiling Hillary with the same slumlord. Furthermore, how can one such controversy almost equal all the Clinton antics? You mention Whitewater. How about Travelgate while First Lady? Forget the accusation that the entire Lewinsky affair was concocted as part of a vast right-wing conspiracy when she knew what Bill had done? (and had done several times before) Bill’s latest dealings that are netting his foundation over 100 million dollars in exchange for supporting a tyrant? Obama has a long ways to go in this regard to catch up with the Clintons.
His campaign has at time been overzealous, but again can’t touch the Clintons. The attacks on Obama’s comments about Reagan and Republicans in the 90′s are an insult to everyones intelligence and pure hypocrisy to those of us who recall Bill singing Reagan’s praises in 92. The way Bill and Hill tried to marginalize Obama as a black candidate angered me and apparently alot of other people like nothing else I’ve heard so far this campaign season. More importantly, it reveals Clinton’s real attitudes about race. I’m not arguing that Obama is a saint, just that he is a rank amateur when competing with the Clintons in the sleaze arena.

]]> By: gm http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-44288 gm Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/02/04/the-sleaze-o-meter-democrat-edition/#comment-44288 Actually it was a Chicago paper that broke the Obama story and the Clinton campaign exploited it. It doesn't seem to be a story that rises to anything approaching Clintonian sleaze levels however and don't forget the picture of a smiling Hillary with the same slumlord. Furthermore, how can one such controversy almost equal all the Clinton antics? You mention Whitewater. How about Travelgate while First Lady? Forget the accusation that the entire Lewinsky affair was concocted as part of a vast right-wing conspiracy when she knew what Bill had done? (and had done several times before) Bill's latest dealings that are netting his foundation over 100 million dollars in exchange for supporting a tyrant? Obama has a long ways to go in this regard to catch up with the Clintons. His campaign has at time been overzealous, but again can't touch the Clintons. The attacks on Obama's comments about Reagan and Republicans in the 90's are an insult to everyones intelligence and pure hypocrisy to those of us who recall Bill singing Reagan's praises in 92. The way Bill and Hill tried to marginalize Obama as a black candidate angered me and apparently alot of other people like nothing else I've heard so far this campaign season. More importantly, it reveals Clinton's real attitudes about race. I'm not arguing that Obama is a saint, just that he is a rank amateur when competing with the Clintons in the sleaze arena. Actually it was a Chicago paper that broke the Obama story and the Clinton campaign exploited it. It doesn’t seem to be a story that rises to anything approaching Clintonian sleaze levels however and don’t forget the picture of a smiling Hillary with the same slumlord. Furthermore, how can one such controversy almost equal all the Clinton antics? You mention Whitewater. How about Travelgate while First Lady? Forget the accusation that the entire Lewinsky affair was concocted as part of a vast right-wing conspiracy when she knew what Bill had done? (and had done several times before) Bill’s latest dealings that are netting his foundation over 100 million dollars in exchange for supporting a tyrant? Obama has a long ways to go in this regard to catch up with the Clintons.
His campaign has at time been overzealous, but again can’t touch the Clintons. The attacks on Obama’s comments about Reagan and Republicans in the 90′s are an insult to everyones intelligence and pure hypocrisy to those of us who recall Bill singing Reagan’s praises in 92. The way Bill and Hill tried to marginalize Obama as a black candidate angered me and apparently alot of other people like nothing else I’ve heard so far this campaign season. More importantly, it reveals Clinton’s real attitudes about race. I’m not arguing that Obama is a saint, just that he is a rank amateur when competing with the Clintons in the sleaze arena.

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