Bill Clinton Nevada Lawsuit Melt-Down Captured; President Looks Desparate

This video captures President Bill Clinton at his worst and it's not the first time in this presidential campaign that he's looked this way. But it comes just before the day -- Thursday -- when the lawsuit to halt the Nevada Caucus was tossed out of court. Not only does Clinton get aggressive with this KGO-TV (San Francisco / Oakland) reporters, Clinton did not answer the question if the lawsuit would have been filed had the Cullinary Workers Union endorsed Hillary Clinton; instead, they backed Senator Barack Obama.

The obvious answer is "no" and President Clinton know it. Here's the video:

Nevada Caucus Lawsuit Dumped By Judge; Caucus Will Go On Saturday

In a big win for the Cullinary Workers Union 226 and Senator Barack Obama, and a huge loss for the Nevada Teachers Union and Senator Hillary Clinton, a Nevada Federal Judge issued an order allowing the "casino-based" caucuses to go ahead this Saturday as planned and designed, according to Don Lemon on CNN this morning.

If you have followed this case, you know that after the Cullinary Workers elected to endorse Senator Barack Obama a week ago, the Nevada Teachers Union, which has Clinton supporters in it, filed a lawsuit to block the caucus because they felt it was biased in favor of casino workers and others who had to work on Saturday could not get there. But the problem is that teachers do not work on Saturday.

Moreover, the lawsuit was obviously politically motivated as all of the presidential campaigns agreed to it early on.

But as the Cullinary Workers are mostly minority, the lawsuit was seen as an attack on them and showed the Clinton's as being more concerned with winning an election than the needs of minority workers. Moreover, even though the Clinton's claimed no involvement in the lawsuit, this testy exchange between President Clinton and a KGO San Francisco reporter showed how much they cared about it.

For more on why the Court did not support the lawsuit, see this great DailyKos diary.

Apple MacBook Air At MacWorld San Francisco

This is one of many videos I made at this week's MacWorld San Francisco at Moscone Center, where the star this year is the MacBook Air computer. It's a very, very thin device that only costs $1,799. But according to Mickey Settler, a Mac expert who appears in the video, it has some design flaws that make it less than desirable for current Mac users contemplating a switch.

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Rush Limbaugh Hit For Using "Spadework" Term That Hillary Clinton Used Twice

Conservative shock-jock Rush Limbaugh's the hit-person-of-the-day for using a term in a monologue that's generally taken to be racially offensive, even though it's formal definition has nothing to do with race.

On his show, Rush twice used the word "spade," which can be used as a racial slur. Specifically, Limbaugh said that "Obama is holding his own against both of them [Bill and Hillary Clinton], doing more than his share of the 'spadework,' maybe even gaining ground at the moment, using not only the spade, ladies and gentlemen. But when he finishes with the spade in the garden of corruption planted by the Clintons, he turns to the hoe. And so the spadework and his expertise, using a hoe. He's faring well."

But as people are piling on Rush for using the term, they seemed to forget that Senator Clinton's staff used the same words on July 24, 2007....

In a post-debate rebuttal of Sen. Obama, reported by CBS, a member of Sen. Clinton's inner circle had this to say:



"I would think that without having done the diplomatic spadework, it would not really prove anything," former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said in a conference call with reporters set up by the Clinton campaign.

It's not the first time Senator Clinton has done this. According to Rush Limbaugh himself, Senator Clinton herself has used the term "spadework" before. Here's Rush:

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Did you hear what Mrs. Clinton said on the Today Show today with Matt Lauer? She said that Barack Obama "hasn't done the spadework necessary to be president." He "hasn't done the spadework necessary to be president," as though she has. Now, let's imagine, shall we, if Trent Lott, or Mitt Romney, or Ross Perot had said that Barack Obama "hasn't done the spadework necessary to be president." Nothing that happens in the Clinton campaign is coincidence, folks. Barack Obama hasn't done the "spadework"? Whew. Where is the Reverend Sharpton on this? By the way, big story: Reverend Sharpton is waiting on his time to endorse. He's waiting for commitments. That means he's probably waiting for money from one of these two camps.

He's right. Where's Al Sharpton on this issue? And why do the Clintons throw racist barbs into the campaign?

Al?

Arianna Huffington - My Email To Arianna On Lousy Dem Debate Article

Hi Arianna,

Normally, I enjoy the Huff Post, but this article makes my BLOOD boil. Which one? This one:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080115/democratic-rdp/

"Clinton, Obama Vow to Bury Race Debate"

Why does the write refer to John Edwards as "the only white male in the race'? So freaking what? And why do your editors select headlines that focus on Obama and race and insult Obama?

I didn't see the debate -- I was at MacWorld -- but everyone I talked to, half not with any candidate in terms of preference -- said "Obama won."

Why in heaven's name are you all so afraid to point out when he does well, and why are you letting your new editor continue to inject racism into the campaign.

This is a real low for the Huffington Post.

Best,

Zennie

Hillary Clinton On Meet The Press Tells Lies: Video

The video title itself is tame, but after seeing it again, I think "tells lies" is more appropriate. In the video, I take three issues: Martin Luther King, Gender, and The Iraq War, and show how she's not told the truth versus what she said on NBC's "Meet The Press". In the matter of the New York Times article on her support of the 2002 Iraq War Resolution, here's the article I referenced below and with this link. I'll add more to this aricle soon.