Clinton ownage

[Big Red 11]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/...den/index.html

He completely owned wallace. It's really quite ridiculous that they would focus on what the former president did or didn't do while the current president is failing at the same exact thing. I really respect clinton for his current humanitarian work - few former presidents do anything after they leave office.

[Martin]

BR, I like Clinton also. And hope his wife will be the next president.

But...I think that interview hurt Hillary bigtime. It tells the voters that Bill now admits that he could of killed Bin Laden but didnt. Bill's emotion there could just cause Hillary the presidency. Trust me...Little things like this are analyzed like crazy in the media world.

He would of been better off if he just kept his mouth shut..But he felt an extreme desire to express his emotions.

[Swiss Miss]

I like Bill and think he was in the right for standing up for himself here, but I f***ing hate the way Hillary goes in interviews: "When WE were president..." Damn b****! No one voted you in there! It would be awesome if she became president but at this point I'll take any damn Libertarian there is out there.

It's funny how the Republicans are putting a spin on this and making it out to look like Bill is just a raging psycho. Some of the edits that are swarming around on YouTube are so cleverly cut.

[Big Red 11]

Originally Posted by Martin

It tells the voters that Bill now admits that he could of killed Bin Laden but didnt.

He didn't say that he could have, he admited that he failed at trying. It takes some cojones to admit your shortcoming, especially at something like catching bin Laden. I would be horrified to see any media putting a negative light on that comment, seeing as how our current president doesn't seem to have any cojones.

[Swiss Miss]

Originally Posted by Big Red 11

He didn't say that he could have, he admited that he failed at trying. It takes some cojones to admit your shortcoming, especially at something like catching bin Laden. I would be horrified to see any media putting a negative light on that comment, seeing as how our current president doesn't seem to have any cojones.

Exactly! He would have if he could have, but he couldn't get the CIA and FBI to view him as a big enough threat. He explains it in the interview. I just watched the rebroadcast of it on Fox News... man oh man did he tear Wallace and the Fox news network a new one!

Here it is on Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...20716999978732
Around 4:10 of the video is where he got set off...

[waltky]

Clinton cleavage causin' quite a stir...

Big divide on Clinton cleavage
July 29, 2007 - IN Washington, where professional women's style statements are pointedly conservative, Hillary Clinton's cleavage has suddenly burst into one of the hottest topics of the Democratic presidential race.

The normally very conservative dresser's slightly low neckline during a July 18 campaign debate on education mostly went unremarked at first, until Washington Post fashion writer Robin Givhan took notice and branded it a “small acknowledgment of sexuality and femininity”.

“There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning Givhan wrote. “It belonged to Senator Hillary Clinton.” Clinton wore “a rose-coloured blazer over a black top. The neckline sat low on her chest and had a subtle V-shape. The cleavage registered after only a quick glance,” she wrote.

“There wasn't an unseemly amount of cleavage showing, but there it was. Undeniable ... It was startling to see that small acknowledgment of sexuality and femininity peeking out of the conservative – aesthetically speaking – environment of Congress.” The focus on Clinton's bosom rather than her national security policy drew an explosion of “thousands of angry letters and calls” from readers, mostly women, the newspaper's ombudsman later wrote.

More Big divide on Clinton cleavage | NEWS.com.au

[waltky]

Gee, do ya think if she gets to be President, guys like Osama and Ahmadinejad are going to ask her 'posed' questions??...

Clinton Camp Admits to Planting Question
November 09, 2007 - Staffer approached a student to ask climate change question at Iowa event.

The Clinton campaign has admitted to planting questions in Iowa. They have confirmed that a campaign staffer approached a student to ask Sen. Clinton a question about global warming during a campaign stop at a biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, on Nov. 6.

The story was first reported by Patrick Caldwell, a junior at Grinnell College and the features editor of The Scarlet and Black college newspaper. He reported that student Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff was approached by the campaign to ask a question. She told the reporter that "they wanted a question from a college student." She also said that she "noted that staffers prompted Clinton to call on her and another who had been approached before the event, although Clinton used her discretion to select questions and called on people who had not been prepped beforehand. Some of the questions asked were confusing and clearly off-message."

Clinton Campaign spokesperson Mo Elleithee tells ABC News that "on this occasion a member of our staff did discuss a possible question about Sen. Clinton's energy plan at a forum. However, Sen. Clinton did not know which questioners she was calling on during the event. This is not standard policy and will not be repeated again."

The staffer still remains with the Clinton campaign and they would not reveal his or her name. The campaign did not comment on whether this is the only time they have planted questions among audience members. Last month Clinton got into a tough exchange with Iowan Randall Rolph at an event in New Hampton, Iowa. She accused him of being a plant from another campaign and the two engaged in a heated back and forth. The exchange prompted extended media coverage.

Political Radar: Clinton Camp Admits To Planting Questions

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Another Question Planted by Clinton Campaign
Nov. 10, 2007 - Illinois Minister Tells ABC News That Clinton Staffer Asked Him to Pose a War Question

One day after Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign confirmed that a staffer planted a question for the presidential candidate at a recent campaign stop, another person has come forward with a similar story. Geoff Mitchell, a minister who recently moved to Hamilton, Ill., from Iowa, told ABC News that he was approached this spring by Clinton's Iowa political director Chris Haylor to ask Clinton a question about war funding.

Mitchell, 32, said that the request "did not sit well with me in the tradition of the Iowa caucus." "I grew up in Iowa and I value the tradition of the caucuses of answering the questions of the people," Mitchell said. Mitchell said he introduced himself to Haylor because he had heard of him before and knew that he had worked on Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh's campaign.

Before the campaign event, Haylor asked Mitchell if he would pose a specific question about Iraq. The question was about how Clinton would be tough on President Bush about funding the Iraq war, Mitchell said. The event, however, ran out of time before reaching a question-and-answer period. Mitchell said he figured that the Clinton campaign was looking for an opportunity to highlight the difference between her position on Iraq and her Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama's position on the war.

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[waltky]

Hillary campaign runnin' outta money?...

Clinton staffers going without pay
6 Feb. `08 WASHINGTON - Campaign faces cash crunch as Obama continues to raise money; Clinton says she loaned campaign $5 million.

Some of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign staff have voluntarily chosen to work without pay this month, NBC News confirmed Wednesday. Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big state strategy.

Clinton faced a serious cash crunch going into Tuesday's multi-state vote due to overspending in Iowa, a source within the campaign told NBC News. Staffers blamed campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, who was among those working for free, the source said. Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that she loaned her campaign $5 million late last month as Obama was outraising and outspending her heading into Feb. 5 Super Tuesday contests.

Buoyed by strong fundraising and a primary calendar in February that plays to his strengths, Obama plans a campaign blitz through a series of states holding contests this weekend and will compete to win primaries in the Mid-Atlantic next week and Hawaii and Wisconsin the following week. His campaign raised $3 million Wednesday in online contributions, a source from the Obama campaign told NBC News.

Focusing on Ohio, Texas

[waltky]

"You go, girl" takin' on a whole new meaning...

Hillary Clinton asked to leave the race
Sunday 2nd March, 2008 - Supporters of Senator Barack Obama have suggested Senator Hillary Clinton bow out of the presidential nominating race if she doesn’t win in two big-state primary contests on Tuesday.

Influential Democrats have said they need to put together a unifying campaign for the presidential election in November. Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont hold primary contests on Tuesday, and Clinton, having lost 11 straight contests, needs to win either Texas or Ohio. Clinton, will have to dramatically exceed the results predicted by polls, which now show Texas sentiment as virtually even. Ohio voters tend to narrowly favour Clinton.

In the smaller states, Clinton holds a lead in Rhode Island polling, while Obama has the edge in Vermont. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, said that Clinton would need more than narrow victories to remain a viable candidate. He said on CNN: "Hillary Clinton has to win a big victory in both Ohio and Texas in order to close the gap on pledged delegates”.

Senator **** Durbin, a fellow senator of Obama’s from Illinois, said that sheer mathematics would make it very difficult for Clinton to win the nomination, even if she broke even with Obama on Tuesday. In a recent count, Clinton trailed Obama by 109 delegates, with 2,025 needed for nomination. The four states voting Tuesday will award a total of 444 delegates, leaving just over 600 still to be decided.

Hillary Clinton asked to leave the race

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Clinton rejects calls to quit
March 03, 2008 - HILLARY Clinton is resisting calls to abandon her White House bid after pivotal nominating contests in Ohio and Texas where rival Democrat Barack Obama hopes to land a knockout.

The Democratic foes are rumbling across gritty midwestern Ohio, with polls showing the race deadlocked in the two states which could, on Tuesday, decide the increasingly nasty Democratic race. Obama ally, Senator Richard Durbin, suggested Senator Clinton should rexamine her prospects after Tuesday's contests, which polls suggest she is unlikely to win in the landslides she needs to top his lead among Democratic delegates.

"I hope that there's an honest appraisal of her chances to win the nomination after Tuesday,'' Senator Durbin said on Fox News overnight, as Democrats eye a general election clash with presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. "And having made that appraisal... I hope she'll understand that we need to bring our party together and prepare for a victory in November, which is the ultimate goal.''

Former Democratic candidate Bill Richardson, yet to endorse either of his former rivals, also weighed in. "D Day is Tuesday. We have to have a positive campaign after Tuesday,'' Mr Richardson, who abandoned his own White House bid in January, said on CBS News. "Whoever has the most delegates after Tuesday, a clear lead, should be in my judgment the nominee.''

More Clinton rejects calls to quit | NEWS.com.au

[waltky]

Hillary's campaign don't have the money to go on?...

Cash-Strapped Clinton Fails To Pay Bills
March 31, 2008, Politico: Campaigns Putting Off Hundreds Of Bills To Pay For Media Buys

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months - freeing up cash for critical media buys but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small-business circles. A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community - and anyone else who will listen - to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.

Their cautionary tales, combined with published reports about similar difficulties faced by a New Hampshire landlord, an Iowa office cleaner and a New York caterer, highlight a less-obvious impact of Clinton’s inability to keep up with the staggering fundraising pace set by her opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Clinton's campaign did not respond to recent, specific questions about its transactions with vendors. But Clinton spokesman Jay Carson pointed on Saturday to an earlier statement the campaign issued to Politico, asserting: "The campaign pays its bills regularly and in the normal course of business, and pays all of its bills." Just like with other businesses, it’s common for campaigns to carry unpaid bills from month to month, but in Clinton’s case, it also could serve a strategic purpose.

The New York senator’s presidential campaign ended February with $33 million in the bank, according to a report filed last week with the Federal Election Commission, but only $11 million of that can be spent on her battle with Obama. The rest can be spent only in the general election, if she makes it that far, and must be returned if she doesn’t. If she had paid off the $8.7 million in unpaid bills she reported as debt and had not loaned her campaign $5 million, she would have been nearly $3 million in the red at the end of February. By contrast, if you subtract Obama’s $625,000 in debts and his general-election-only money from his total cash on hand at the end of last month, he’d still be left with $31 million.

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