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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 08:48 PM
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Playing the fear card
On the stump in New Hampshire today, Hillary Clinton hints at the possibility of al-Qaida attacking the US if Barack Obama is elected president, as they did when Tony Blair stepped down in the UK. The Boston Globe reports:

I don't think it was by accident that Al Qaeda decided to test the new prime minister," she said. "They watch our elections as closely as we do, maybe more closely than some of our fellows citizens do.... Let's not forget you're hiring a president not just to do what a candidate says during the election, you want a president to be there when the chips are down.

Of course, Gordon Brown was the experienced replacement as prime minister in Britain. And the terrorists still attacked.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/usa/2008/01/playing_the_fear_card.html
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Windy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 08:50 PM
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1. Big mistake on her part. She should fire penn now!!
Wolfson too...and her husband!

That was truly a bad bad move in a democratic primary.
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fightthegoodfightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 08:52 PM
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4. Agree Completely
If FEAR is all she has to offer, then I'll go with HOPE.

I'm soooooooooooo sick of the politics of fear and the fact that America has given up EVERYTHING for LIES AND SELF SERVING POLITICIANS.


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fightthegoodfightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 08:50 PM
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2. CODE RED
GIVE ME A BREAK.

I'm ready to PUKE as in REPUKE.

Finally, we see Clinton has more in common with Bush than America ever will.

Have we not learned that the politics of fear is DEAD?

The more she talks the more I'm reminded there is little difference between Bush and Clinton.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 08:51 PM
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3. ooopsy-dazey
One step forward, two steps back
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 08:53 PM
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5. Shame on you Hilary. Shame on you
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:26 PM
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6. Why would they punish us for electing a Muslim who was educated in a madrassa???
:shrug:

:crazy:
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earthlover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:31 PM
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7. Ah...don't you remember...only Hillary can save us from evil!
...she is the "goddess of peace".....
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