The Trail: A Daily Diary of Campaign 2008

Its a old trick that most polticians use to identify themselves with the locals. Remember JFK going to Berlin and saying he was a Berliner. Hilary is in a losing race because people don't trust her or her Husband. So its a useless tactic for her.

JFK saying he was a Berliner was not an attempt to establish ties to gain support or campaign (obviously), but rather a way of expressing support for the citizens of West Berlin, who at the time were surrounded by East German communists. So that's not necessarily a good comparison.

I do, however, agree with your premise that the Clintons have a major trust problem. But I wouldn't count them out yet. They have zero scruples and will do whatever it takes to win.

So George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton are both from Texas?

First, Billary should be aware that San Antonio is in CENTRAL TEXAS!

Second, most people here do not talk about food in general, they talk about WHERE they get their Fix's de Comida!
Por Que?

That is the real difference!

Mexican Food Billary? Which one?

This little RAT knows that Slick knows where to go. The Epidimy of Tex Mex, Mi Tierra! Wonder where they are going to be tonight?-Not!

Then, there is La Margarita, Los Barrios, La Fogata, and some others.

Chicken Fried Steaks? Move over you Iowa Posers. The JailHouse Cafe Rules!

BBQ?-The County Line.

La Comida de San Antonio es MUY BUENO! Comprende?!

Eat your Hearts out folks, I am in S.A. and I get to Chow Down like you can only dream of doing!

Unfortunately, that's about all there is to do here!

Hillary's not an underdog, but she is some kind of dog.

Since I was in the auditorium in San Antonio, too, tonight...I concur, you're right--Hillary's comment about learning to love Mexican food while living in San Antonio, eating peppers and mango ice cream from the downtown Menger Hotel--really got the crowd worked up.

Ed Garza's endorsement of Obama won't mean much to the locals. He has a so-so reputation as a former (and at the time, young) mayor. No big whooppee-do.

I suspect McCain has the hotter peppers...

I tried to eat a huge (72oz.) juicy steak in Amarillo, Texas one night when passing through in 1992 and if you could do so within one hour, you got the meal for free and an award- does that count as a taste of Texas? (My friend did it by-the-way... that was something.)

What is something, is who is really looking better in Texas, food aside.

Texas Primary- Hillary vs. Barack:
http://newsusa.myfeedportal.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=50

major teddy: "Hillary's not an underdog, but she is some kind of dog."

mean, but effective- I just laughed out loud in my office.

The joke goes: "Obama is just creaming Hillary. You know, all these primaries, you know. And Hillary says it's not fair, because they're being held in February, and February is Black History Month. And unfortunately for Hillary, there's no White B_____ Month."

From Maureen Dowd's column...

No matter how many places she feels she is from, she is still an old school Washington insider. What were her ties to NY before she moved there? Could it be the tie to the Presidency and a state that could propel her back to her old Washington neighborhood?

She is a classless and crass rube, who will say and do anything (i.e. Clintonian political tactics) to justify her feeling of self-entitlement. Like an addict, she has tasted the power of the White House, and she wants more. And like a junkie, she will say and do anything to get more of it. Look, she has nothing left to lose, and like what we have seen from Billary Inc. we better get ready for the ugly and mean spirited attacks.

That is the Clinton way. We have already seen a bit of it when they tried to use Sen. Obama's kindergarten paper that said that he one day would like to be president. There is no depth that Billary, Inc. will not sink to. And that is a fact.

With Sen. Obama, the era of dirty and ugly politics is hopefully coming to an end.

"...claiming multiple hometowns ...Clinton laid claim to yet another one on Wednesday...

"I lived here in San Antonio for three months. It's where I became addicted to Mexican food and mango ice cream," Clinton said"

There's really no other way to put it. Anne Kornblut is out of control.

"I lived here...three months" = claimed home town?????

There's something fundamentally and morally wrong with a decision of such importance relying on this sort of sick, twisted foundation of information.

Please, Washington Post staff, what you do is important. Behave that way.

" It was a strange "trick-or-treat" kind of scene, with dozens of reporters and camera crews crushing Clinton as neighbors rushed her for autographs. Her motorcade blocked the street, while local news helicopters circled overhead"

What an idiotic characterization. Only when writing of Sen Clinton do the most ordinary of events become "strange" or "bizarre" and always seem to take on greater significance as indications of broader themes and traits, none of which bears any direct relationship to what she actually says or does except in the fevered imagination of this reporter. But, hey, what the hell, it's just an election for President of the United States. Who cares, right?

In 1972 I was a newly enfranchised 21 year old and went down to Gillett Elementary School in Austin, Texas to caucus for McGovern. My parents caucused with the Hubert Humphrey crowd across the room (my Dad was a friend of John Connelly and Allen Shivers). It was the youth who ripped our precinct from the conservative Democrats for the first time (we had a little help from about 30 rednecks who were for George Wallace). On that battle Hillary and I were on the same side. Now I will be a precinct captain for Obama and it will be first time I have caucused in 36 years.

How pathetic is it that we're in two wars, and a candidate needs to mention local donut shops and ice cream flavors to be credible with an audience? How pathetic is it when the audience takes that seriously?

How pathetic is it that we're in two wars, and a candidate needs to mention local donut shops and ice cream flavors to be credible with an audience? How pathetic is it when the audience takes that seriously?

Posted by: dfc102
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You confuse the reporter's priorities with the candidate's. Your error is very common among comments to this blog. Given the writing talent involved, I suspect your confusion is intended.

Hillary is awesome! Texas LOVES Hillary, Pennsylvania LOVES Hillary, Ohio LOVES Hillary!

As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. No one can win the Presidency without winning in Ohio, and Hillary is strongly leading in the Ohio polls against Obama, and polls well in Ohio against McCain, while Obama does not. It's that simple.

Hillary Clinton wins big in the big states that are must wins for the Dems in November. Hillary is clearly the strongest, most qualified, most electable candidate in the race.

Let's stop the nasty tone friends.The NYT writer Maureen Dowd is one unhappy person. She hates everyone. Maybe Oprah could hook her up with Dr. Phil to work on finding their "hope, inspiration, and finding their "truth". Drivel. The 24/7 corporate owned media, left wingnut radio, and right wingnut attacks have been shameless, yet Hillary stands strong. Don't get played by the media! (AGAIN) VOTE SMART! VOTE HILLARY!!

ROCK ON HILLARY!!

If you vote for Clinton, and you are "RACIST"
If you don't like Obama, and you are "RACIST"
If you criticize Obama, and you are "RACIST

Yeah, I agree with the other commenter(s): Hillary didn't claim to be "from" Texas.

This whole article is based on the reporter's disingenuity.

Even if Hillary Clinton somehow found a cure for AIDS tomorrow, Kornblut's headline would be: "Clinton Pathetically Tries to Steal Obama's Thunder by Curing Disease -- (SUBHEAD) Sources Say AIDS Was Started by Bill Clinton Anyway."