Ms. Burlingame, a former attorney and a director of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, is the sister of Charles F. "Chic" Burlingame III, the pilot of American Airlines flight 77, which was crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

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"the pardon scandals that marked Bill and Hillary Clinton's final days in office are remembered as transactions involving cronies, criminals and campaign contributors, the FALN clemencies of 1999 should be remembered in the context of the increasing threat of domestic and transnational terrorism that was ramping up during the Clinton years of alleged peace and prosperity. To wit, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1995 Tokyo subway Sarin attack, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the 1995 "Bojinka" conspiracy to hijack airplanes and crash them into buildings, the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, the 1996 Summer Olympics bombing, Osama bin Laden's 1996 and 1998 "Declarations of War" on America, the 1998 East African embassy bombings, the 2000 USS Sullivans bombing attempt, the 2000 USS Cole bombing, and the 2000 Millennium bombing plot.

It was within that context that the FBI gave its position on the FALN clemencies -- which the White House succeeded in keeping out of news coverage but ultimately failed to suppress -- stating that "the release of these individuals will psychologically and operationally enhance the ongoing violent and criminal activities of terrorist groups, not only in Puerto Rico, but throughout the world." The White House spun the clemencies as a sign of the president's universal commitment to "peace and reconciliation" just one year after Osama bin Laden told his followers that the United States is a "paper tiger" that can be attacked with impunity.

It would be a mistake to dismiss as "old news" the story of how and why these terrorists were released in light of the fact that it took place during the precise period when Bill Clinton now claims he was avidly engaged, even "obsessed," with efforts to protect the public from clandestine terrorist attacks. If Bill and Hillary Clinton were willing to pander to the demands of local Hispanic politicians and leftist human-rights activists defending bomb-makers convicted of seditious conspiracy, how might they stand up to pressure from other interest groups working in less obvious ways against U.S. interests in a post-9/11 world?

Radical Islamists are a sophisticated and determined enemy who understand that violence alone will not achieve their goals. Islamist front groups, representing themselves as rights organizations, are attempting to get a foothold here as they have already in parts of Western Europe by deftly exploiting ethnic and racial politics, agitating under the banner of civil liberties even as they are clamoring for the imposition of special Shariah law privileges in the public domain. They believe that the road to America's ultimate defeat is through the back door of policy and law and they are aggressively using money, influence and retail politics to achieve their goal.

The Clintons like to say that Bill is merely supportive and enthusiastic, "just like all the other candidates' spouses." Nothing could be further from the truth. Returning Bill and Hillary Clinton to the White House would present the country with the unprecedented situation of a former and current president simultaneously occupying the White House, the practical implications of which have yet to be fully explored.

The FALN clemencies provide a disturbing example of how the abuse or misuse of presidential prerogative, under the guise of policy, can be put in service of the personal and private activities of the president's spouse -- and beyond the reach of meaningful congressional oversight."

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In my humble and likely simplistic opinion, Obama's dominance of caucuses signals that when it comes right down to it, Obama's supporters are more passionate, more determined and better able to defend their choice and stand their ground. Nothing against primary voters (I will be voting for Obama in Indiana's primary) but my understanding of caucuses is you must stand up and announce who you are supporting and defend that decision. That is an important quality in a candidate's base.

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Just face it Obama is winning. I don't understand it either but I love it!!!

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Those numbers are very impressive, scream 'landslide'.

Or that is what it would have been called in a fair election. The commentators, especially Buchanan, constantly, but subtly spin in the establishment direction, in this case the Hillary way . I did not hear the word 'landslide' once.

It was a landslide and it is note worthy, they weren't talking about it that way, they were maintaining 'fairness', keeping it 'balanced'. Calling it close.

The press has been, so far, unable to articulate why Obama gets these landslides. Instead, the newspaper fires reporters and TV dudes speculate about how to help Clinton. Hmm. . . I'm starting to think there is a conspiracy here, there is such overwhelming evidence.

Pat Buchanan is un-American and a menace to our way of life. He should not be on TV. There is no one to balance him or the dominating opinion he opines. Who made him the conscience of America? The Pope?

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Bottom line: if this thing goes to the superdelegates and they choose Hillary because, in part, she has won more "big" states, it will be like taking a time machine back to the old days of the smoke filled room. The powers that be will, in effect, be telling rank and file Democrats, "We know you are excited, but we know best about these things and we will decide what is best for the Party." If that happens, you will see people bailing out of the process, if not the Party specifically, like people running from a burning building.

The superdelegates, if they become involved, must respect the wishes of the electorate, right or wrong. Not doing so would be tantamount to a recreation of the 2000 election travesty that handed the election to George Bush despite the popular vote.

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ADVICE TO OBAMA CAMPAIGN: GO NEGATIVE, BUT NOT PERSONAL.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST INCOMING ATTACKS FROM THE CLINTONS WHO WOULD STOP AT NOTHING TO GAIN POWER.

YOU WILL BE DOING AMERICA A FAVOR. SO ATTACK ON NOT RELEASING TAX RETURNS, DONORS TO CLINTON LIBRARY, FIRST LADY RECORDS. IF YOU ARE ATTACKED ON ETHICS RETURN FIRE WITH FIRE (HSU, CLINTON PARDONS, ETC.). ATTACK ON HER BEING DEVISIVE AND HER NOMINATION LEADING TO CONSERVATIVES GETTING RILED UP TO VOTE.
THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON, ...

DO NOT DISARM AND CONTINUE TO TAKE INCOMING FIRE, WITHOUT RETURNING FIRE!!!


The "hillary group" doesn't seem to grasp exactly what she has done. I have never heard ANY dem candidate trash another dem candidate in favor of the repug nominee! NEVER. This is the most whacked thing Ms. "I am so honored to be on the stage with Barack Obama" has done yet! UNBELIEVABLE!

As a former (Bill) Clinton supporter throughout ALL of the 1990's (yes, even during the KEN STARR ERA...........), this form of post-victory pile-on and crowing from the HRC camp are totally disgusting, and I think this new stuff (MCCAIN IS SUCH A GREAT GUY... OBAMBA = KEN STARR etc) is the final straw for me personally. Up until now, I would have been a loyal Democrat like I always am and punched the button for her in November, despite the lack of enthusiasm and the misgivings... but now I don't think I can do it even if I hold my nose with a garlic strand around my neck. If she pulls this off and manages to swindle the nomination, I will:

A. withdraw from the Democratic party rolls, cease contribution, and register as an independent.

B. Write-in Senator Obama's name in November and encourage all of my fellow Obama supporters and friends to do the same.

Five months is plenty of time to organize a write-in campaign.

The Clintonistas are treating the party (and have done this since the beginning- it was quaint at first but now it isn't funny) as if it were their own personal organization that they built and we're just their employees. We are called the DEMOCRATIC party for a REASON. Entitlement is not and should not be a part of our process. If that's what you want, why don't you follow Joe Lieberman over to the new "left" wing of the Republican Party- HRC clearly seems to be paying lip-service to that approach.

Super Delegates have a DUTY to their Party to defend it from enemies without and within. Super Delegates have a duty to set limits on the morality, loyalty and decency of their candidates. If they do not respond to her support of a Republican in this campaign then they all deserve to be fired.

I would rather lose with an honorable Obama than win with a Traitorous McClinton.
Enough is enough. Set some standards of decency. Stand up to the Clinton slime machine, Get a grip and make a stand.

I think as Democrats we should petition the DNC to call for Mrs. Clinton's removal as a candidate since she has endorsed the Republican candidate thereby sabotaging not only Mr. Obama's candidancy, but her own as well. She's no Democrat, but a closet neocon Republican.

PHONE THE DNC: 1-202-479-5100

As Americans we should be outraged not only at the tactics of the Clinton campaign, but also at the audacity of elevating the candidate of the opposition party over a democratic candidate currently leading in delegate counts.

The Super Delegates should be running from her and Bill Clinton. She just told them that she would rather tear the party down and endorse the Republican candidate than lose the primary to Obama.

YES WE CAN!

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... ain't nothin' quite like it! (... an' the skies are not cloudy all day.)

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and we all know that college people are just plain smarter.

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