WashPost was WRONG to say that Sen. Clinton said people people "in college towns" "don't need a pres

[rodeodance]

WashPost was WRONG to say that Sen. Clinton said people people "in college towns" "don't need a president"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200801130002?f=h_latest


Why did Wash. Post claim that Clinton said people "in college towns" "don't need a president"?
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Nexis and Google searches also found that media outlets -- including The Washington Post's blog The Trail -- reported that Clinton said on December 20: "It's tempting anytime things seem quieter for a minute on the international front to think that we don't need a president who is up to speed on foreign affairs and military matters. Well, that's the kind of logic that got us George Bush in the first place" (emphasis added).

*From the January 13 article in The Washington Post:*

The unusual venue has set the scene for a different confrontation between Obama and Clinton, the two front-runners, than occurred in Iowa or New Hampshire.

In New Hampshire, Clinton fared best among working-class and middle-class voters, while Obama did better with higher-income voters and in college towns -- a demographic that Clinton at one point mocked as people who "don't need a president."

But in Las Vegas, Clinton, a senator from New York, is supported by many hotel and casino executives, while Obama has the backing of two key unions -- the Nevada chapter of the Service Employees International Union and the culinary workers, which announced its endorsement Wednesday after fierce lobbying from all three Democrats.

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[Dogmudgeon]

1. Quiet! That doesn't make her look bad!

You know the rules ... or, as they're spelled now, "TEH RULEZ".

--p!

[HeraldSquare212]

2. I recall her as saying that some people who are doing well

don't feel they need a president to work for them, which I took as dismissive and condescending.

[sandnsea]

3. But she did complain about shift workers in Iowa

and how they weren't going to be able to caucus. Now she disenfranchises them in Nevada.

The troops can't be at the caucuses, she notes, shift workers can't be there.
http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2008/01/hillary-clinton-live-in-downtown-iowa.html

This is a primary election where, you know, you're not disenfranchised if you work at night.
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/01/clinton_slams_i.html