Archive for the 'Hillary Clinton' Category

Believing and/or repeating nasty rumors does not seem to pass leadership muster. What’s next?

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

April 5, 2008
Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells
The New York Times
By DEBORAH SONTAG
Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by […]

“Error in Judgment?” Come on! The next time he’ll deal on a safe phone.

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

The Trail
THE WASHINGTON POST
Perry Bacon, Jr.
Saturday, April 5, 2008; A04
PENN PUSHED TRADE DEAL
Clinton Aide Admits ‘Error in Judgment’
Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s top political strategist, apologized yesterday for meeting with Colombian officials to advocate for a trade agreement that Clinton opposes.
“The meeting was an error in judgment that will not be repeated, and I am sorry […]

It’s a might vicious, but recent history seems to bolster his argument.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

The fraud named Hillary Rodham Clinton
April 2, 2008 - 7:02am
By DOUG THOMPSON
Hillary Clinton is a fraud, a liar, a cheat and a disgrace to the Senate, her party and the United States of America.
There’s no other way to put it. The woman who would be President inflated her resume, lied outright about being “under fire” […]

She must have meant the first third of Rocky III. In the original, Rocky was the underdog–a position in which Clubber finds herself because of arrogance and bad planning.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Clinton likens herself to ‘Rocky’
By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA - Perhaps the analogy was inevitable: Hillary Rodham Clinton as Rocky Balboa, the scrappy underdog boxer from Philadelphia memorably depicted in the 1976 Oscar-winning film. Even if Rocky did lose his first big fight.
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Images: (Mr. T as Clubber Lang; Rocky […]

I actually liked Tonya Harding…the world class figure skater who smoked cigarettes was a credit to the sport.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

REUTERS
Clinton takes hit in new poll on White House race
Wed Mar 26, 10:53 PM ET
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s positive rating has dropped to a new low of 37 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
According to the poll, the New York senator’s positive rating slid 8 percentage points in two weeks […]

Someone owes Hillary an apology…

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

I obtained these photographs from the 1996 greeting ceremony in question.

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Images: (Backgrounds) 20th Century Fox BEHIND ENEMY LINES; 1-(Clinton) via gocollegiate.com via collegenews.com; (BEL) imdb.com;4-(Clinton) via scholarsandrogues.com via msnbc.msn.com; (BEL) via us.vdc.imdb.com; 3-(Clinton) via all4humor.com; (BEL) media-imdb.com: 2-(Clinton) AP Photo via huffingtonpost.com; (BEL) us.movies1.yimg.com via movies.yahoo.com;

A picture is worth a thousand lies.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Washington Post
March 21, 2008
The Fact Checiker
Michael Dobbs
Candidate Watch
Hillary’s Balkan Adventures, Part II

Greeting ceremony, Tuzla military airport, Bosnia, March 25, 1996.
(In WashingtonPost.com)
“I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to […]

Today’s release of the Reuters/Zogby poll shows McCain ahead of the Dems, but one woman may have a profound effect on the final results.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

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In my estimation, Cindy McCain is the only reason to vote for him.
She would certainly bring an attractive gravitas to the White House.

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By Steve Holland […]

Let’s see, Hillary has “produced” the Comander-In-Chief threshold, the Economic Test, the Foreign Policy Yardstick and the 35-year Public Service Guide…

Friday, March 14th, 2008

heck, Hill should be working for
Parker Brothers or Milton Bradley–
not wasting our time and hers by running for President.
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Friday, March 14, 2008

Greg Craig
National Journal’s Linda Douglass sat down with Greg Craig for the March 14 edition of “National Journal On Air.” This is a transcript of their conversation.
Q: I want […]

So that’s why she missed the pep rally for Harold Stassen?!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Clinton’s foreign experience is more limited than she says
By William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Clinton claims that her experience in dealing with foreign affairs qualifies her to handle a crisis call at 3 a.m. and be commander in chief.Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign accuses Clinton of exaggerating […]

Is Air America announcer Randi Rhodes wrong when she says that Hillary would rather McCain win the presidency than Obama; thus giving her a shot in 2012? It certainly seems that the Goldwater Girl is reverting to form.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Obama fury over Clinton backer Ferraro’s race remark
Tue Mar 11, 1:07 PM ET
Barack Obama’s White House campaign lashed out in fury Tuesday after a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter attributed his stunning march through US politics to his race.
Obama aide Susan Rice called for Clinton to fire Geraldine Ferraro, the only woman yet to run on […]

Which Democrat Has Bigger Coattails?–headline, CBS NEWS.com, March 11, 2008

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The Contestants…

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (AP)
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It looks like Hillary, but Barack seems to have better balance.