GOP=TRAITOR headlines we've demanded - Now STUPID Clinton campaign chooses TODAY

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to have the press 'availability' that will shift ALL of the media's focus BACK ONTO HER EMAIL 'nonstory'and all its manufactured poutrage .

The email story is ONLY about political gamesmanship - it's a BS story being used to keep Benghazi a 'scandal'. It could have been addressed easily days ago…or even days FROM now.

Clinton campaign has NO SENSE of timing.

Who the F… is running the show there, and don't they bother to read ANYTHING other than articles about 2016?

[trumad]

1. Ya lost me...

Sorry--no idea what up.

[blm]

5. Newspapers and networks finally put harsh spotlight on Traitor Senators and

the story is already being stepped on because of this announcement of a Clinton 'press availability' today.

[brush]

33. Deja vu 2008?

Talk about incredibly back timing. Hillary seems to be showing again that she lacks Bill's political instincts.

The email presser sure could wait while everyone is focused on the stupidity of the 47 repug senators.

Let the open-letter seditionists twist in the media headlines for a few days . . . God! that's a no-brainer.

But no-o-o-o-o-o, they have to do this presser and take the spotlight off the idiot repugs. Is this the beginning of a series of blunders like we saw in 2007-2008 that led to her blowing front-runner status?

[roguevalley]

39. its all about here obviously. some of that third way

[WillyT]

6. Because It Has The Potential To Interrupt/Stop The Backlash Over The Iran GOP Letter...

Which is just growing today now that people have had a chance to digest it.

[blm]

17. News networks are already shifted back to emails. DAMN!!!

We had something IRREFUTABLE that could not be spun and had the HEADLINES to go with it.

[leveymg]

29. Hillary is a lead Neocon. So far, she has said nothing about the letter, despite being invited to

sign it. See: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/10/politics/tom-cotton-2016-presidential-candidates-iran-letter/

Washington (CNN)Sen. Tom Cotton said Tuesday he'd "welcome" presidential candidates to join the 47 Senate Republicans who signed a controversial letter to Iran warning the country's leaders that a lasting nuclear deal would have to be approved by Congress.

And Cotton said he would welcome "even Hillary Clinton," the presumptive Democratic presidential frontrunner, to join the effort.

"I suspect she might have reservations about this ill-fated nuclear deal with Iran as well," Cotton said on CNN's New Day.

Several potential GOP presidential candidates have already signed onto the letter. Sens. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham are among the 46 Republicans who signed onto Cotton's letter "to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

President Barack Obama slammed the letter on Monday, accusing the GOP of making "common cause with the hard-liners in Iran" by attempting to undercut ongoing negotiations that face a first deadline for a framework agreement at the end of the month.

If she doesn't speak out against the 47, she's complicit with the bipartisan war party. Again.

[pnwmom]

47. Hillary blasted the 47 who wrote the letter.

It was during the first part of her press conference.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/10/politics/tom-cotton-2016-presidential-candidates-iran-letter/

The Democratic frontrunner for the 2016 presidential campaign told reporters at the United Nations on Tuesday that "one has to ask, what was the purpose of this letter?"

"There appear to be two logical answers," Clinton said. "Either these senators were trying to be helpful to the Iranians or harmful to the commander-in-chief in the midst of high-stakes international diplomacy. Either answer does discredit to the letter's signatories."

[leveymg]

49. I initially thought that would be a breakthrough, but I've realized that overlaying this is a

bigger spectacle of nuclear ambiguity in which Hillary has a lead role. Please see, http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026342657#post130

[blm]

54. Great - I applauded, but the prediction was about the MEDIA

and how the REALLY huge story sunk like a rock the moment this presser was announced.

I wish I could say I was wrong, but, after watching all the news programs today, especially this evening, I can't do that now, can I?

[leftofcool]

2. ?

[HappyMe]

3. Meh. I don't plan on watching.

There's a hell of a lot more important things going on than Clinton and 2016 right now.


OP refers to this -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026341271

[randome]

4. Maybe this was arranged a day or so ago?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[blm]

8. More agile campaign minds would've adjusted as soon as the letter was released.

It was announced THIS morning that she would do the presser.

Fools.

[randome]

7. You really need to stop using the word 'stupid'. That's 2 posts now that I've seen.

You're saying the campaign is both stupid and trying to recapture the limelight. You're not in the driver's seat so I don't think you're the one to label a campaign as stupid.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[blm]

11. I'm an ACTIVE Democrat and campaign worker. It IS stupid timing.

Whoever put this together without considering the TOP story they were REPLACING is NOT the strategic thinker the campaign needs.

[Segami]

15. +1

It is exactly as you state.

[hedgehog]

18. +1

[Scuba]

20. + another

[brush]

34. Spot on! You are correct. nt

[TwilightGardener]

36. She's hoping she can quietly bury the email issue during a moment when the news cycle

has a competing attention-getter. It's self-interest over everything, like all things Clinton.

[Cooley Hurd]

37. +1

[leftofcool]

9. She is addressing the United Nations and will address it there. This has been planned for months

[blm]

13. News cycle demands agility.

.

[leftofcool]

19. Not when addressing the UN

[blm]

21. It's the PRESSER to address emails scheduled after her speech that was just announced.

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The presser has nothing to do with a scheduled speech.

[Segami]

25. +1

Once again, you are correct.

[DonViejo]

10. The Utter Genius of Hillary’s Non-Campaign

David Freedlander

Candidate or not, Hillary Clinton has a band of reporters follow her everywhere and cover everything she does—even the success stories of her family charity.

Ignore the grumblings from a restless political press, the pundits, and her supposed political allies urging her to drop the pretense and declare her a candidate already.

The Hillary Clinton non-campaign campaign is a work of utter political genius. Seriously. It makes Frank Underwood look like Michael Dukakis.

On Monday, Clinton came to the center of the universe, the crossroads of the world, the Best Buy Theater in the heart of Times Square. The occasion was that most brutally banal bits of politicking—the issuing of a report.

-snip-

Full article
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/09/the-utter-genius-of-hillary-s-non-campaign.html

[global1]

12. Maybe She's Hoping That She'll Garner Some Repug Support For Her Effort Of Shifting The Attention...

off of the Repugs and this borderline traitorous letter. Timing is everything and I agree that this is just the wrong time for her to come out with this presser. I hope that this doesn't take the wind out of the GOP Iran Letter sabotaging the negotiations and our President.

[blm]

14. It already has - and THAT is why I wrote this post.

I'm furious at the lack of agility being shown.

[lame54]

16. maybe she will work it into her address

[AgingAmerican]

22. Does anybody fall for that "Benghazi" crap anymore?

In a week nobody will care.

[L0oniX]

23. The GOP thanks Hillary for the distraction.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

24. Exactly. nt

[HappyMe]

28. Yes, they do.

[Segami]

30. Yup!

[CanonRay]

26. First gigantic blunder of the Clinton 2016 campaign

IMHO. I sincerely hope that there aren't a string of them.

[blm]

31. They certainly aren't inspiring confidence with THIS move.

They are going to need foot soldiers like us every step of the way to overcome the damage being done by the professional 'strategists' who should have been replaced years ago

[samsingh]

27. it is stupid timing

[GeorgeGist]

32. I'm thinking of a word ...

it rhymes with strangulation?

[Sheepshank]

35. The RW media will find any reason to deflect poor Rep judgement

they don't need HRC to give them an excuse.

It will be interesting if she uses this platform to draw attention to something the RW media is attempting to ignore or white wash.

[Octafish]

38. No sense in allowing a Golden Opportunity to get by.

You know, snatch Our Victory from the Jaws of their Defeat.

[Octafish]

40. Screen Grab o' GOOGLE news

[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. I can't STAND it when TWO THINGS happen at the SAME TIME!

[blm]

42. Not good enough, A. This isn't ME - it's the media, and you know it.

Trying to push this off on those dealing with the REALITY of what happened today isn't particularly smart or funny….and I, for one, have always appreciated your brain and your humor.

This was TOO glaring an error on her campaign's part - and, unfortunately, I turned out to be right after watching the news tonight.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

43. The mind can only hold one thought at a time.

There is nothing more serious in human existence.

[blm]

44. Media - newsmedia - corpmedia - pressers - microphones - cameras -

who could have predicted the corporate media would choose to spend the day in heated discussions about a BS email story when the majority of the GOP senate committed a blatant act of sedition?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

46. To be clear, no fan of Hillary here.

But the emails will have zilch impact.

The ruination of the planet is at hand,
and one sign is a tomato plant from last year
still giving tomatoes red and sweet.

[blm]

51. The email story DID impact today's MUCH BIGGER news.

And THat is all I care about….Today.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

52. Correct, today.

Peace, b.

[DeSwiss]

45. Can't we have both?

- They're both about malfeasance-in-office. Just different kinds.....

K&R

[Enrique]

48. she actually made a strong statement on the letter

one of the most significant ones, since she is a hawk on Iran, and also the leading presidential candidate. I think Cotton, et al, were not expecting it.

I want to comment on a matter in the news today regarding Iran. The president and his team are in the midst of intense negotiations. Their goal is a diplomatic solution that would close off Iran's pathways to a nuclear bomb and give us unprecedented access and insight into Iran's nuclear program.

Now, reasonable people can disagree about what exactly it will take to accomplish this objective, and we all must judge any final agreement on its merits.

But the recent letter from Republican senators was out of step with the best traditions of American leadership. And one has to ask, what was the purpose of this letter?

There appear to be two logical answers. Either these senators were trying to be helpful to the Iranians or harmful to the commander- in-chief in the midst of high-stakes international diplomacy. Either answer does discredit to the letters' signatories.

[Enrique]

50. she actually led the press conference with the Tom Cotton affair

RWers are mad because she teased everyone with the email nonsense, and then "head faked" them by blasting Cotton.

http://twitchy.com/2015/03/10/hiding-in-the-cotton-hillary-clinton-kicks-off-press-conference-with-shot-at-gops-iran-letter/

[blm]

53. I know and was glad for that, but, THEN what happened to all the airtime

that the GOP letter should have been getting today?

You think her media experts advised her that this story would be her ticket to addressing the emails?

Let's get real - we all KNOW how craven the media is - they lost interest in the GOP letter INSTANTLY the moment the presser was announced.