Hillary Clinton to Canada audience: 'You won't get me to talk about Keystone'

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Hillary Clinton to Canada audience: 'You won't get me to talk about Keystone'

Associated Press in Winnipeg
theguardian.com, Thursday 22 January 2015 21.57 GMT

Hillary Clinton declined again to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, telling an audience in Canada that she would not express her views because of an ongoing review by the State Department.

Clinton, a potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, was asked on Wednesday about US-Canadian relations during a wide-ranging question-and-answer session in Winnipeg as Congress considers approving construction of the contentious, Canada-backed project. Making her first public remarks in a month, Clinton also touched upon the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and the debate in Congress over Iran.

“We have differences and you won’t get me to talk about Keystone because I have steadily made clear that I’m not going to express an opinion,” she said. “It is in our process and that’s where it belongs.”

Her views on Keystone have been closely watched in Canada. She has said it would be inappropriate for her to comment on whether the pipeline project should move ahead, given her past role as Obama’s top diplomat and the State Department’s ongoing assessment.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/22/hillary-clinton-dodges-keystone-pipeline-questions-canada

[Autumn]

1. I think she would rather not comment, given her desired future role.

[Nay]

22. Exactly. Good heavens. Is this what we can expect from Dem nominees? If so,

we need Bernie even more desperately to shake things up.

[BlueStater]

2. Profiles in Cowardice.

[senseandsensibility]

14. Beat me to it.

I was going to post almost exactly the same thing. Like most on this thread, I am extremely underwhelmed with HRC. She just seems to dig herself deeper after her remarks about struggling financially or whatever it was a few months ago. Of course I've never been a fan ever since her pro Iraq invasion vote.

[benz380]

3. She's not even running yet and I'm already sick of her. Poor Canadians. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

5. then you better get UNSick "Democrat"....because she is STILL way ahead of the pack and STILL

beating the entire field of potential republicans...

General Election: Bush vs. Clinton ABC News/Wash Post Clinton 54, Bush 41 Clinton +13
General Election: Christie vs. Clinton ABC News/Wash Post Clinton 53, Christie 40 Clinton +13
General Election: Paul vs. Clinton ABC News/Wash Post Clinton 54, Paul 41 Clinton +13
General Election: Romney vs. Clinton ABC News/Wash Post Clinton 55, Romney 40 Clinton +15
Sunday, January 18
Race/Topic (Click to Sort) Poll Results Spread
General Election: Huckabee vs. Clinton ABC News/Wash Post Clinton 56, Huckabee 39 Clinton +17


Which other potential candidate can claim that?

[earthside]

9. Submit to "The Inevitable One."

Resistance is futile.

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. because WE support her! (61% and she also beats all republicans by double digits)

YOUR party independence is futile you mean!

[Quackers]

11. She will never get my vote

I don't care if she is the primary winner, she still won't get it. That doesn't make me less of a Democrat, it just makes me someone who will stand up for their principles. For someone who relies on Henry Kissinger for advice, Hillary would be a terrible choice as a Democratic President.

[VanillaRhapsody]

13. then YOU are NOT a Democrat anyways.....

so why should actual Democrats care?

[Quackers]

16. Is that you, Hillary?

[VanillaRhapsody]

17. Well if I was.....I would still have the support of 61% of my fellow ACTUAL Democrats!

So am I supposed to be insulted by that?

[Quackers]

18. Not at all

No need to worry about a little dissent from a lowly voter like me. With friends like Henry Kissinger and Wall Street supporting you, you'll have the 2016 election in the bag, just like 2008.

[VanillaRhapsody]

21. I don't worry about what Republicans think either....

With friends like 61% of the Democrats...and Double Digit leads on all the Republicans.....I am the likely next President too...I don't have to care what the malcontents think...

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. shes absolutely right....she hasn't announced...she doesn't have to take an opinion

which is on the current Presidents plate....who has shown us time and time again...he holds his cards close to his vest....

[LawDeeDah]

6. She should do something about her cowardice

and just publicly embrace the idea like hubby said he does and not hide behind this bullshit cover. We know you, Hill. Bill thinks the dangers of the pipeline are just imaginary. What I think is imaginary are Hillary's self imagined qualifications for President.

[IDemo]

7. Let me just say this about that..

[benz380]

8. LOL nt

[geek tragedy]

10. she shouldn't be commenting on it, as the former SOS it's not her place to

say what her successor should do with a decision she left in his lap

[2naSalit]

15. +1

[AtomicKitten]

19. She did hedge her bet so to speak by hiring an

... industry-connected firm to write the environmental impact report that declared it would have negligible effect on the environment. Right. I guess they mean before it starts leaking, and it always starts leaking.

No worries, though! She did her part on behalf of her TransCanada stock-holding fundraisers before she got the hell out of Dodge. Now she can bravely say "No Comment" when asked about it.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. Perfectly reasonable

As former SOS, I think she should wait.