Michael O. Allen

Tag: Bill Clinton

  • An important question

    I will admit that I grew to dislike Hillary Clinton during the year and found how she ran her campaign as well as the contest with Sen. Barack Obama more than disgraceful. I don’t want her as secretary of state. The president-elect is a lot smarter man than I’ll ever be so, if he wants…

  • Bill, again

    You know, I–I love this, and I thank you, but we have important work to do tonight. I am here first to support Barack Obama. And second — and second, I’m here to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden, though as you will soon see, he doesn’t need any help from me. I love…

  • October surprise *

    Trey Ellis in HuffPo thinks we should be afraid, very afraid of what Republicans might have up their sleeves for October: We taxpayers already have shelled out $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since 2003. They have 180,000 employees in country now building what they had assumed would be permanent bases for a permanent occupation…

  • Bill Clinton’s Shameful Demise

    Unfortunately, all the good Bill Clinton did as president, the goodwill he won with African Americans and the great relationships he forged over the course of his political, he’s not intent on frittering away in bitterness. He’s affronted by Sen. Barack Obama’s political ascent and he’s not going to let it go, promising now to…

  • Whew!

    After the hard slog of the campaign, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should now look into a long, long vacation. Until Nov. 5. Former President Bill Clinton doesn’t have to return. He should just stay gone. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • More like the Hindenburg

    Hillary Rodham Clinton biographer Carl Bernstein has a fascinating post at cnn.com about her plan to land the vice-presidential spot on the Obama ticket. Titled Could Clinton land the VP nomination?, her plan to end her campaign and win the vice presidential spot is to blackmail and threaten Obama: Take me on as your vice…

  • What groove?

    How Bill Clinton Got His Groove Back says the headline to an Adam Nagourney piece of hagiography on the website of The New York Times (I don’t know if it ran in the paper, or is slated to run tomorrow). My question is this: Did the former president get his groove back, or is the…

  • Laughin' so hard it hurts

    Dick Gregory at State of Black Union ’08 The veteran comedian/civil rights activist long ago made a practice of packing his humor with a stiletto scalpel that cuts so quick you sometimes don’t know whether to laugh, or cry. This late February 2008 event was no different: Tricking Bill (Clinton) Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • Cold comfort

    Transcript: “It’s 3am and your children are safe and asleep. But there’ s a phone in the White House and it is ringing. something is happening in the world your vote will decide who answers that call. whether it is someone who already knows the world’s leaders, knows the military someone tested and ready to…

  • Revolution, or an election?

    Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton debating in Texas on Thursday. (Photo by Deborah Cannon) Washington Post Columnist Robert J. Samuelson wrote a column on Wednesday questioning the Barack Obama phenomenon. We will see more pieces like this, especially if Sen. Obama, (D-IL), becomes the Democratic Party nominee. Let me attempt to refute some…