Well Judy it gets boring after a while. authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie > > wrote: > > > > > > THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY > > > > > > As we come to the end of the Democrat primary campaign I > > > am proud to see that change has come to America. Barack > > > Obama has succeeded in winning the largest amount of > > > delegates of any Democratic candidate for the nomination. > > > Also the fact that the voters in the states where Senator > > > Clinton has won by large margins have openly stated that > > > the primary reason for their voting for Senator Clinton > > > over Senator Obama is race. > > > > No, that's not correct. Please find an exit poll > > where voters were even asked what their primary > > reason was for voting for Clinton over Obama. > > > > > > > Senator Hillary Clintons said on national television that > > > she is staying in the campaign in the case that something > > > should happen to Barack Obama. > > > > No, that isn't what she said, not even close. She > > wasn't even talking about Obama. She was pointing > > out that in the past primaries have often lasted > > into June, so there was no reason for her to > > withdraw now. > > The primaries she mentioned, had started a month or more > earlier than the primary she was in, and her husband's > nomination was assured, by accounts, in March, not June.
No, it wasn't. It doesn't become "assured" until the convention. Tsongas and Brown were still in contention in March; nobody was pressuring them to drop out. Nobody *ever* pressured them to drop out. Clinton didn't even have the delegates until he won the California primary in June. > > (And it wasn't "on national television." It was > > in an interview with a newspaper, parts of the > > videotape of which were later broadcast on > > television.) > > > > > She does not leave it to chance she said she believes > > > he can have a tragic experience such as that of Robert > > > Kennedy in 1968. > > > > She said nothing of the kind! Why are you lying > > about what she said? What's the matter with you? > > She certainly implied it by brining up the same scenario > 4 times in this primary. She never implied it. You're *inferring* it. ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
