Clinton Receives Endorsement of 4 Former Kentucky Governors!

by mtg44234, Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:04:33 PM EST

THIS JUST ANNOUNCED:

"After a landslide victory in West Virginia, the Clinton Campaign today announced that former Kentucky Governors Wendell Ford, Paul Patton, John Brown, and Julian Carroll are endorsing Hillary for President.  The endorsements demonstrate the widespread support Hillary continues to receive throughout the Bluegrass State."

After the whole fiasco of the Edwards' endorsement, this has been overlooked. This is very important!So will the Edwards's endorsement help Obama with the working white class in Kentucky? Absolutely not. Was the timing of this endorsement planned to overshadow the important Clinton victory of West Virginia? Absolutely. Then John Edwards send out an email soliciting money for his organization. Nice Senator...try tact.

Your thoughts?




Tags: Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Obama (all tags)

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please tell me... (1.80 / 5)

some of them are actual super delegates that COUNT!!!


by nikkid on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:10:11 PM EST

Re: please tell me... (none / 0)

none are on DemConWatch's list...


John McCain hates terrorists, except the ones that hate women. Those are just swell.
by terra on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:12:06 PM EST
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Re: Clinton Receives Endorsement (1.45 / 11)

This reminds me of the people who approach the finish line in last place at a marathon.

Everybody cheers for them because they hung in there and finished the race.  It's all very nice, but has no impact on the race.  Go Hillary, finish that race!  Clap-clap (point-point).


by MikeyB on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:19:33 PM EST

Re: Clinton Receives Endorsement (1.50 / 2)

That there is what we call HR abuse.

What, you only want comments from people who think like you?  Ooooh, 4 more endorsements for a race that's all but over and an Appalachian state where HRC was destined to win anyway!  Puhlease.  She going to win in Kentucky, we know.  This is not important.


by MikeyB on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:29:49 PM EST
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Re: Clinton Receives Endorsement (1.50 / 2)

No one tried to hide your comment. It stands in all its asinine glory, which is all that a 1 rating is intended for: as shorthand for "what an asinine comment."

If you don't like it, you can go back to the binary world of Big Orange.


Fortune strums a mournful tune for those whose campaigns peak too soon. --Bored of the Rings
by Inky on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:49:02 PM EST
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IOKIYAHRCS (1.00 / 1)

n/t


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:46:23 PM EST
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Re: IOKIYAHRCS (1.00 / 1)

Thanks for the TR abuse, Inky.  That's one reason this site isn't taken as seriously as some others.  Privileges seem to be based on affiliation instead of quality.


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:51:38 PM EST
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America is not for quitters (2.00 / 5)

And she is the first female to be very viable for this office. I want her to stay in until the convention, because nobody can clinch before that.


by catfish1 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:37:59 PM EST
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Re: America is not for quitters (2.00 / 3)

She has nothing to lose. The party has already turned their backs on her. I think she should go all the way to the convention.


by soyousay on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:06:26 PM EST
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Re: America is not for quitters (1.00 / 1)

She has something to lose: her legacy.  After June 3, the primaries will be over. There will be a MI/FL solution, and the superdelegates will swarm to Obama. She will show more class than some of her supporters and support Obama against McCain.


by elrod on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:43:25 PM EST
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Re: America is not for quitters (2.00 / 1)

Heh, that's the ticket...NOT.

HRC's legacy will be a fighter. No one can take that away from her.


by soyousay on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:48:06 PM EST
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does this apply to Iraq to you? nt (none / 0)


McCain does Not support the troops
by hope monger on Thu May 15, 2008 at 03:36:02 AM EST
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Hmmm. If I lived in Kentucky, who would (1.80 / 5)

be most important...John Edwards or four previous governors.

Hmmmm.

Let.  Me.  Think.

I am amazed at the endorsements - r e a l endorsements HRC has received versus the a$$-ki$$ing one$ that Obama claim$.


by CoyoteCreek on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:31:37 PM EST

Stampede of Opportunists (2.00 / 4)

That's what Pat Buchanan called them!


by catfish1 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:36:57 PM EST
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I live in Colorado... (none / 0)

...and if 4 former governors endorsed Clinton I'd still put Edwards before.  (but then I always was, and still am, and Edwards supporter)

Look, this isn't a game of poker where you can rank different endorsements as beating others.

Different endorsements are going to mean different things to different people for different reasons.

Some people in KY Will value Edwards over the 4 Governors, and some won't.  But there's no reason to be snide and imply that Edwards will be less valuable by default becuase that's not true for everyone.

Plus, the ass kissing comment, Really not cool.


by DawnG on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:30:05 PM EST
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Not cool? But true! (2.00 / 2)


by CoyoteCreek on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:12:34 PM EST
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uh...no. (2.00 / 2)

that is your opinion.

your opinion does not equal truth.  that's why it's opinion as opposed to FACT.


by DawnG on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:19:50 PM EST
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Re: Hmmm. If I lived in Kentucky, who would (none / 0)

Kind of depends on what I thought of the governors.  My state has a few I wouldn't give much regard to.


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:48:28 PM EST
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If he doesn't win Kentucky after Edwards (2.00 / 4)

says the cable networks, or at least pull closer, he's got big problems.


by catfish1 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 09:36:12 PM EST

Re: If he doesn't win Kentucky after Edwards (2.00 / 1)

LOL.  


John McCain: Healthcare for Kids? In America? No way
by bosdcla14 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:13:28 PM EST
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If Clinton can match his delegate count... (2.00 / 1)

...then He's in trouble.

Until then, not so much.


by DawnG on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:31:11 PM EST
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but not (none / 0)

Martha Layne Collins?


The American people; they were for the war before they were against it.
by nrafter530 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:13:10 PM EST

Re: but not (none / 0)

That's what I was thinking. The first female governor of KY would support her, right?


by elrod on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:44:24 PM EST
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Re: Clinton Receives Endorsement of 4 Former Kentu (1.25 / 4)

http://hillaryis404.org


by baghdadjoe on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:15:59 PM EST

Re: Clinton Receives End... 4 Former KY Governors! (2.00 / 2)

Thanks for posting this.  I'd checked for endorsements earlier today, honestly expecting at least quite a few to come out for her today, and was disappointed to not find much.  I'm glad to see this--people stating their support at a time appropriate for their positions unlike so many that do in fact seem to be simply jumping on the Obama bandwagon (sometimes at what seems like very inappropriate times--but these are poiticians and I guess it shows).    


HRC: "...not a vote to rush to war--it...puts awesome responsibility in the hands of our President, we say to him 'Use these powers wisely and as a last resort.'"
by ChargedFan on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:24:34 PM EST

Know anything about Paul Patton? (none / 0)

Patton got himself in a bit of a scandal that cost Ben Chandler the governor's seat in 2002. Fortunately Kentuckians reversed the Fletcher error in 2006.

Honestly, this is a strange list of former KY governors. Ford, Brown and Carroll served in the 1970s. Patton is the only recent Democratic governor. No Brereton Jones. No Martha Layne Collins!

Ford and Brown and definite bigwigs in KY Democratic politics, though they are very old now.


by elrod on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:49:24 PM EST

one word: courage (2.00 / 1)

in the face of ridicule, diminishment of service, slander, insults, and of course, discounting anything that supports HRC.

Some people stand up tall in the face of bullying and ridicule.  

Thank you, Kentucky!


by 4justice on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:41:08 AM EST

Re: Clinton Receives Endorsement of 4 Former Kentu (2.00 / 1)

I would be ok with the core of the title of this diary, but you blew it by attacking Edwards.

sorry.


Washington Woman

Progressive Blue

by kevin22262 on Thu May 15, 2008 at 02:05:01 AM EST

are they super? (none / 0)


McCain does Not support the troops
by hope monger on Thu May 15, 2008 at 03:30:20 AM EST

Re: Clinton Receives Endorsement of 4 Former Kentu (none / 0)

Just shows that this isn't over no matter how much BO, his MSM/surrogates, and supporters try in vain to shut Hillary and the voters down.


by grlpatriot on Thu May 15, 2008 at 09:28:53 AM EST


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