Reader comments: Clinton wins West Virginia, Obama still nomination leader

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"Obama looks ahead" | 11:14 a.m. May 13, 2008
Probably a good idea, you don't want to see what's coming up behind you.
Flag on the lapel is too little too late (plus just pathetic)
Don't look back-
Can you spell ROADKILL?

Truck'on Hillary!
hill-arious | 11:45 a.m. May 13, 2008
Hillary, I watched your spinners at work last night and this morning. TV was better than any comedy act I can recall. The cow has left the barn, the show is over, Obama has moved on. You are left with debt, debt, debt and a viciousness that scared the electorate.

Obama will be our next president. Thank goodness.
sad | 1:23 p.m. May 13, 2008
It is quite sad that Obama will be running for president. He is all style and no substance. It amazes me that people actually want to vote for him, I cannot see why. If someone actually has good reasons to vote for him I would love to hear them.
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bob | 2:35 p.m. May 13, 2008
There is some justice in this country with Clinton 2 out of the picture. Oh Happy Day!
not sad | 2:40 p.m. May 13, 2008
Don't worry - you woulnd't get it! By the way, with 52 delegates in Oregon and Obama leading in the latest poll there 51%-39%, West Virginia just doesn't matter this late in the game.
Lewt | 3:02 p.m. May 13, 2008
to sad - First you say Obama has no substance, then you say you'd "love" to hear the reasons people support him. Which is it? Let's address it this way - can you picture GWB running a college class in Constitutional law? I can't either, but Obama has done it.
Walter | 3:12 p.m. May 13, 2008
LOL! We could have predicted 60 years ago how West Virgina would come out today! THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN! LOL!

It is clear to me what the difference is, the states West of the Mississippi or more progressive and educated. A lot states on the on the east side of the Mississippi still live in the past never fully understanding those who live around them. They stay locked up in there homes always afraid of those who are different.

Obama will win every state West of the Mississippi with the exception of Arizona McCain’s home state. Obama is well loved out here in the West we always look into a mans heart and see his soul . That is how the West was won we always look ahead. We do not have all the problems you have on the east side of the Mississippi, we always look forward instead of backwards.

The hate and racism you have handed down from generation to generation in the East does play well out hear in Gods Country. We are not perfect out hear butt we will give a man a honest hearing.
re:Walter | 6:33 p.m. May 13, 2008
I hope all of that was meant as a joke. Your education was exposed. Your knowledge of how the west will vote makes you look really bad. Do you really think that Utah, Wyoming and Nevada would vote for Obama? Do your home work. In fact, the only ones who would vote for Obama would be those who want to work really hard so that they can give 50% of it to those who don't want to work. No child left behind no matter the ambition. Check out his liberal voting record there none more liberal.
Enough of Bush's and Clinton's | 6:58 p.m. May 13, 2008
The more Clinton speaks the more offensive she is. Today is just another example of Clinton at her worst. So I'm glad June will bring an end to her constant insults and those of her supporters. It's time for the Democratic Party and the American people to talk about the issues and we can't do that with a lying hate-monger like Clinton in the race so the sooner she drops out or is forced out the better off everyone will be.

I say "good riddance" to the Clinton's. Between the Clintons and the Bush's I have had enough of these two families and I'm not ashamed to say that I want both of these families out of my hair. I'm tired of reading about them, watching them on television and hearing about them on the radio. These two families have been in control of this country since 1989 (19 years) and if you take in George H.W. Bush's Vice Presidency you get to go back to 1981 (27 years). I don't intend to put up with 8 more years (35 years) of these two families. The in-feuding between these two families and their petty members has hijacked this country.
douglas | 7:07 p.m. May 13, 2008
If you have to ask if Obama brings anything to the table as a candidate, then you have missed the train. Harvard Law School mean anything? Overcoming racism in America? US Senator? Time working in the projects of Chicago?

New ideas. Rejection of the old politics of slander and slurs. Rejection of a war that was illegally cast upon us and which is killing our good men and women? A person who actually thinks before he speaks.

Gracious, where do I send the money to the Obama campaign?
Obama has experience and issues | 7:26 p.m. May 13, 2008
Douglas: You seem to have forgotten that he has taken clear stands on the issues, set priorities and has given detailed speeches on substantive issues ranging from foreign policy to domestic policy. It is grossly unfair to claim that he doesn't bring anything to the table as a candidate when he has more experience in foreign policy than Bill Clinton did when he took office as President.

So I think you shouldn't worry about what some lying scumbag of a voter has to say about Obama lacking experience and not taking a stand on the issues facing our country since there will always be evil voters as well as good ones.
Obama is old politics and green | 7:33 p.m. May 13, 2008
If you can't see it you guys are blind. Go ahead and call me a racist or whatever I don't care. Label me what you want because it is the only defense some obama supporters seem to come up with.

Obama lies as good as the rest of them, he is nothing new and the last time I checked the only thing that changes in DC is the President. The only "hope" their is, is Obama hoping you guys believe his rhetoric. Like his pastor says, "he is just a politician". I think in 20 years "Uncle" Wright nows him pretty well.

If you base his qualifications on graduating from Harvard, overcoming race, elected a US Senator and working in projects in Chicago then he has a pretty weak resume and little xp. How about foreign policy xp, National Security xp, Economy xp and decision making? Judgement? Leadership? How does he line up there. Has he sponsored any bills that passed relating to those subjects? Don't give me that going to school overseas as experience either because it is pretty weak. You need to be ready day one to be President, not learn the job after you get there.
former dem | 9:19 p.m. May 13, 2008
Harvard Law? Plenty of presidents and presidential candidates are well educated. The key with Obama is his poor judgement in associates, Rev. Wright, his elitism, saying "bitter" Americans "cling" to religion and guns, and far left record in his limited time in the Senate.
sad | 9:21 p.m. May 13, 2008
I keep trying to respond to earlier comments, but apparently the D-News only lets a few comments that are critical of Obama get posted each day.
Lewt | 10:13 p.m. May 13, 2008
Sad, you mean a few dozen, right? Wanna bet that all the qualifications Bush lacked in 2000 didn't keep Mr. 7:33 from voting for him? Nothing like a long list of signed death warrants to make a candidate look presidential. Only now the deaths are of US.
titosplace | 10:17 p.m. May 13, 2008
Why would the voters of West Virginia waste their votes? Clinton can't win the nomination at this point--at least without subverting democracy--and I'm sure that those who voted for Clinton would favor Obama over McCain. With that in mind, they should have taken the step of unifying democrats by voting for Obama--just as Clinton will support Obama once she concedes the nomination. Clinton needs to stop being selfish and put her efforts towards helping Obama defeat McCain, and democrats should stop giving her any hope that she can defeat Obama when she can't at this point.

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks holding her ice cream followed by secret service during a campaign stop at a farmer's market in Charleston, W. Va. Tuesday as West Virginians cast their ballots vote in the presidential primary election. (AP photo, Elise Amendola)
AP photo, Elise Amendola
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks holding her ice cream followed by secret service during a campaign stop at a farmer's market in Charleston, W. Va. Tuesday as West Virginians cast their ballots vote in the presidential primary election.