No, that’s OK Dick Morris, no need to give us credit
Posted on October 31st, 2007 at 10:42 am by Jason Wright, EditorOnce upon a time, on a crisp fall day (October 16th, 2006) Political Derby proudly introduced the term ABH (Anybody But Hillary) into the political lexicon. It was a glorious, defining day in our country’s history and we’ve been using the term ever since.
Enter Dick Morris. Today’s piece on RealClearPolitics contains this familiar turn-of-phrase:
And on the Democratic side, Edwards, who had been leading in Iowa until recently, would probably have to leave the race. That would coalesce the entire ABH vote (Anybody But Hillary) around Obama, giving him a leg up in the national race.
Here at the Derby we don’t need credit for coining terms like “ABH” or “2008 Power Rankings” or “Kucinich is a Dope”. Of course we don’t need attribution every time someone steals one of our pithy lines. But really, Mr. Morris, would a gift basket have been so hard?
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I don’t think the majority of Obama supporters are ABH. Most Obama folk are either ignorant non-whites or ignorant women attracted to him. Of course, Bill Clinton has drawn plenty of looks-based women to Hillary’s campaign.
Democrat liberals that *think* they know something support Hillary. Pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, enviroment, etc. fanatics still think Hillary is their best chance.
Also, Hillary did a good job turning lemons (Bill’s cheating) into lemonade. After decades of brainwashing American women to put career before family, women are doing so in droves. Thus, Hillary’s choice to stick with Bill to get powerful positions justifies women’s decisions to shove their toddlers into childcare camps, neglect their family for their career, etc.
Women don’t need Jerry McGuire anymore…Hillary completes them.
ABH’s are typically neo-cons. In GOP debates, questions like, ‘how are you not like Hillary?’ come up.
“Most Obama folk are either ignorant non-whites or ignorant women attracted to him. ”
ahh yes, Ron Paul’s old 5% of African Americans hold sensible political opinions argument
Actually, BJD, it’s the reverse. It’s the women who are lining up for HILLARY simply because she’s a woman (”polls show women are powering Clinton’s White House drive…”)and NOT because they’ve spent hours dissecting political platforms and discourses. Classic ad hominem defense. Her crowd has much more of a herd mentality than Obama’s. Only it seems more like lemmings running off the edge of a cliff…
Per Rasmussen Reports, 1200 individuals were polled and asked if they preferred Ron Paul to Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. 33 percent of Black voters chose Congressman Paul over Senator Clinton and 31 percent over Senator Obama.
The other GOP candidates were crushed.
Ron Paul is the only uniter…thus he is the only chance to beat Hillary.