Janet Reno endorses Clinton

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Miami Herald

Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who served in Bill Clinton's administration, is backing his wife in Tuesday's presidential primary.

Reno, who ran for governor in 2002 and served as Miami-Dade State Attorney, is one of Florida's best-known politicians. "She's got a large statewide following in Florida,'' said Ana Cruz, who leads a volunteer group called Hillary for Florida.

Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/01/janet-reno-endo.html

[jlake]

1. Loves me some Janet. Glad she endorsed.

[sunonmars]

2. Thank you Janet, long time since i heard that name

I think we may have a slew of Clinton endorsements coming

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Mixed blessing.

Reno was always a lightening rod for anti-Clinton sentiment.

[havocmom]

7. Yep. I like her a lot, but most of the nation seems not to

Could hurt more than it helps.

[AX10]

17. The same can be said about Ted Kennedy.

[havocmom]

18. To some small degree yes

But Ted has outlived most of his detractors.

[dmallind]

4. cue pointless character assassination of Janet Reno in five seconds...

...methinks some faux-outrage over the self-imposed fate of heavily armed cult members who tried to fight the government will be order of the day. Always fun to see DUers sympathize with wacko suicide cults when it's convenient.

[pokercat999]

10. Hey now! The only difference between the wacko religious

cults and main stream religions is sincerity and membership numbers. Also possibily the amount of time spent in the wacko zone of all religions.

[frylock]

14. dance party takes away waco!!

[jasmine621]

5. Janet went through the same smears and slime from the RW media

and talk show pundits as the Clintons. She is one tough and fair lady.

[flordehinojos]

6. janet reno thank you for doing the right thing one more time.

janet reno = florida's most straight shooter always standing up on the side of truth.

thank you again janet reno.

:bounce:

[Phred42]

8. Oh that'll help

that'l get her some votes from the Reich

:rofl:

[bigworld]

9. Janet's got nothing to lose

as her career is already pretty much finished. I admire her, though, but the endorsement really doesn't mean all that much.

[Phred42]

23. POint is that this will go negative in the Reich-wing

Not that they would cross over for Hillary anyway

[papau]

11. RFK's kids Kathleen, her brother Bobby and sister Kerry backing Clinton. Kennedy Townsend is th

Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend that is.

[boricua79]

12. well duh

never bite the hand that fed you.

[petepillow]

13. that's what i was thinking

a more interesting question is....

who is monica lewinsky endorsing?

(will i be stomped and stoned for typing that on here?)

[boricua79]

28. haha..

Actually, I had thought I had read that she was going to support Clinton, the affair and all its intricacies notwithstanding.

[qwlauren35]

29. My thoughts...

exactly.

[Bicoastal]

15. I have nothing personal against Janet Reno...

...but this is NOT going to help Hillary with the Latino vote. Matter of fact, it might only hurt her in places like Florida...

[ngant17]

20. actually there were "Cubans for Reno"

back when she ran for governor in Florida against Jeb Bush. I went to one of her campaign rallies some years ago, and saw them, the rally was at her house in S. Florida (Kendall, and the event also served as her birthday party bash which was in October, if memory serves me well).

But to think that there were and are Cuban-Americans who supported Janet, in Miami!

The rightwing Cubans are more vocal and often more violent, in fact they do have ties to all sorts of covert terrorist cells in Miami. Officially endorsed terrorism by our government.

I don't think Janet's endorsement will hurt Hillary, the rightwing Cubans are gonna vote for McCain because they are his best hope for a 2nd Bay of Pigs, which is very likely if McCain get elected. McCain wants war, he wants them in the plural form, and Cuba is always a nice, easy target.

All Hillary has to do is to threaten Cuba a few times before November, and the rightwing Cubans will go for that to some extent.

I think Janet owes some gratitude for all the strong support she got from the federal gov. during the Elian crisis, and she really is a fine and honorable lady. The Waco smears never bothered my high opinion of Janet, and never will. I think she probably likes Obama, too, but she owes the Clintons more from her years as the AG of the USA.

[singforsam]

16. woman president

It's good to see a woman president running for office.

[demo dutch]

19. Well liked yes, but is also hated by many because of the Elian situation

[Freddie Stubbs]

22. Yes, but those who hate her for that aren't likely to vote in the Democratic primary

[Demblue4life]

26. You mean hated by right-wingers who wanted Elian to be taken away from his father?

Yeah, I agree.

If you wish to discuss polls at the time asking Americans whether they wanted Elian to go back to Cuba to live with his father or stay with his now-rich aunt, just send me a private message.

[rayofreason]

21. When I read the headline...

...I had to ask "Which one?"

[ursi]

24. I like Janet Reno. How come she didn't run for President?

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. She ran for FL Governor in 2002 but lost the primary

[boruhila]

27. who is dat lady?

ohh I know her Bills ex gf?

[ckramer]

30. I have a suggestion to Clinton campaign

Get endorsement of Ellen DeGeneres, quickly!

Guarantee you get all women's vote.