Sarasota Herald Tribune: Hillary Clinton Apparently Breaks Democrats' No Florida Campaigning Pledge

[flpoljunkie]

Clinton apparently breaks Democrats' no Florida campaigning pledge
By ANNA SCOTT

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She thrills some by posing for photos in Sarasota, but may have violated the pledge made by all the major candidates.

SIESTA KEY -- Sen. Hillary Clinton appeared to break her pledge against public campaigning in Florida on Sunday by greeting a group of neighbors waiting outside a private fundraiser.

The crowd cheered when Clinton's motorcade stopped. She stepped out and smiled and waved, posed for pictures with supporters and even answered a question from a reporter.

When asked whether this meant she was breaking the Democratic boycott and campaigning before Florida's primary Tuesday, Clinton said, "I just wanted to say hello to a few people who were nice enough to wait for me."

She then promised to return on Tuesday.

"I'm going to campaign very hard to win Florida in November," she said. "That's why I want the Florida delegates to be seated at the convention. I'm going to ask my delegates to vote to do that."

The Democratic presidential candidates pledged not to campaign here before the primary under pressure from the Democratic National Committee, which stripped Florida of its delegates when the state Legislature voted to move the primary date from March to Jan. 29, breaking the party's rules. It is up to the other delegates around the country, not the committee, to decide who gets seated at the party's national nominating convention.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080128/NEWS/801280404

[Uben]

1. Fundraisers are allowed

[flpoljunkie]

3. "She stepped out and smiled and waved, posed for pictures with supporters, even answered a question"

Campaigning, no?

[robbedvoter]

5. You mean, instead of snatching the money and run? Classless!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Was She Supposed To Tell Them To "Fuck Off"?

That would have worked...

[elixir]

25. That's right - not campaigning.

[rodeodance]

34. "Obama pops in for Sarasota fundraiser

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071106/NEWS/711060410

Obama pops in for Sarasota fundraiser

Democratic candidate's Sarasota speech was for big donors only
By CAROL E. LEE

[e-mail]
BIRD KEY -- The Democratic presidential candidate who has raised the most money in Southwest Florida made his first visit to Sarasota on Monday night.

But unless you were among the more than 200 guests who paid at least $1,000 each or committed to raise as much as $10,000 for his campaign, you did not get to shake Sen. Barack Obama's hand or hear him speak. .......


........
Obama arrived on Bird Key in a six-car motorcade at around 5:30 p.m.

Flanked by a security detail, he was ushered into David and Lisa Grain's $4 million bayfront home. The media was quarantined across the street.

The only outside glimpse of Obama was when he briefly emerged from the home's garage to shake hands with supporters standing at the foot of the arched entryway.
...........

[rodeodance]

35. Obama emerged "to shake hands with supporters standing at the foot of the arched entryway."

[robbedvoter]

2. Fundraisers were exempted from the agreement. But nice try. RW rag this one?

Seeing that Sarasota was KK Harris's district? Just wondering.

[DaLittle Kitty]

19. BOTH CLINTON + OBAMA HAVE ALREADY VIOLATED THE PLEDGE! No FLA. DELEGATES SHOULD BE COUNTED!

Obama is running commercials on CNN and Hillary had PAID STAFF AND A PARTY AT THE FLORIDA PARTY CONVENTION IN OCTOBER... She Needs to quit WHINING ... AND CHEATING... AS WELL DOES OBAMA... And They BOTH Need to TELL THE TRUTH! :kick:

[MonkeyFunk]

26. got a link to the October event

so I can read about it myself? Not that I don't trust the haters to be scrupulously honest or anything....

[MonkeyFunk]

54. here kitty kitty

got a link?

[MonkeyFunk]

55. Please?

I'd like to read about the even you talked about with such upper case vehemence.

[elixir]

27. Talk about sliming, give me a break. Yeah, KK and Hillary-NO. Maybe next time the motorcade shld run

... them over and she should ignore the people yelling to her on the tarmack.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Strange...

that same paper had a very different headline when Barack Obama went there in November for a fundraiser.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071106/NEWS/711060410

[robbedvoter]

8. "Obama pops in for Sarasota fundraiser" - he didn't say "thank you, so it's all cool.

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

9. And Obama "shake hands with supporters" so he was being polite to supporters also.

The only outside glimpse of Obama was when he briefly emerged from the home's garage to shake hands with supporters standing at the foot of the arched entryway.

[elixir]

29. When did they sign the no campaigning agreement?

[MonkeyFunk]

48. late August

[rodeodance]

6. press has to have their little buzz on for the day

[MethuenProgressive]

7. "She stepped out and smiled and waved, posed for pictures with supporters, even answered a question"

How petty Obamabots are. :eyes:

[Uben]

10. No shit!

But, ignorance is bliss!

[flpoljunkie]

11. The Sarastoa Herald Tribune reporter wrote the headline.

[MethuenProgressive]

13. Yes, and you posted it. Petty is as petty does.

...

[flpoljunkie]

16. The truth hurts, doesn't it?

[MethuenProgressive]

18. Then you should take some Aspirin and lay down for a while.

I don't know what the dose is for excessive pettiness, though. Consult a doctor.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

51. OWNED

~

[rodeodance]

20. well does the Truth hurt you also?--see # 9--Obama 'campaigned" also

[robbedvoter]

43. Since when being in the MSM (RW rag) makes something the truth?

DU used to be a filter for this kind of distortions. But now you benefit from them, so you endorse them. I am sure other truths this rag printed was that W is great and the war is good. This is redneck Florida propaganda.

[rodeodance]

12. self delete

[MonkeyFunk]

15. ah

these guys know how to play people like a violin.

[rodeodance]

14. self delete

[pampango]

17. This doesn't seem to be "campaigning"...

I suppose depending on what your definition of "campaigning" is. ;) (A national media buy that includes Florida, fund raiser appearance right before the primary.)

The candidates did just agree not to campaign in Florida prior to the primary, right? I assume their agreement doesn't apply to campaigning there after the primary up to the convention. I know candidates don't usually spend much time in the primary season campaigning in states that have already voted, but I hope they didn't use that as a reason to extend the campaign ban.

[TheDonkey]

21. lol, clinton spin eh'

[rodeodance]

22. I do not see it as campaigning. If some do, then would have to apply to Obama also. see

posts upstream. He did the same in Nov--shock some hands of supporters.


http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071106/NEWS/711060410

Obama pops in for Sarasota fundraiser

Democratic candidate's Sarasota speech was for big donors only
By CAROL E. LEE

[e-mail]
BIRD KEY -- The Democratic presidential candidate who has raised the most money in Southwest Florida made his first visit to Sarasota on Monday night.

But unless you were among the more than 200 guests who paid at least $1,000 each or committed to raise as much as $10,000 for his campaign, you did not get to shake Sen. Barack Obama's hand or hear him speak. .......


........
Obama arrived on Bird Key in a six-car motorcade at around 5:30 p.m.

Flanked by a security detail, he was ushered into David and Lisa Grain's $4 million bayfront home. The media was quarantined across the street.

The only outside glimpse of Obama was when he briefly emerged from the home's garage to shake hands with supporters standing at the foot of the arched entryway.
...........


http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071106/VIDEO01/711060729

[Scurrilous]

23. Miami Beach fans catch glimpse of Clinton

Hillary Clinton spoke for about 10 minutes at a Beach fundraiser, discussing healthcare, alternative energy and student loans.

<snip>

"Hillary Clinton: "gutter-ball bowler."

The Democratic presidential contender admitted as much Sunday night as she arrived at Lucky Strike Lanes on Miami Beach for the second of three Florida fundraisers. She was greeted by a smiling Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, who told a throng of reporters he was "thrilled to be here to endorse Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States."

A crowd that had gathered across the street applauded as Clinton arrived, and she and Diaz embraced. She shook hands with another man holding a child and was overheard noting, "I am a gutter-ball bowler."

Not everyone awaiting her arrival was a Clinton booster. Brooke Gaebe, 24, of Miami Beach stood across the street with a sign that read, "Hillary said she wouldn't campaign in Florida. I want a president that can keep a promise."

Gaebe, who supports Barack Obama, said Clinton's visit "feels unfair.

"When a candidate makes a pledge not to campaign in a state and shows up two days before the presidential preference primary, it is a campaign message," she said. "It is campaigning."

more

[MonkeyFunk]

30. Where in the pledge

does it say fundraising in November, as Obama did, is not campaigning, but fundraising in January is?

[rodeodance]

53. This deceptive Headline by the paper is sickening

[flpoljunkie]

36. Campaigning! She spoke for about 10 mins, touching on healthcare, alternative energy and..."

Angie Angelis of West Kendall walked out of the event holding a signed copy of Clinton's book, Living History.

She said the former first lady spoke for about 10 minutes, touching on healthcare, alternative energy and a program for college students to exchange college debt for public service.

''She said she will be here on Tuesday and that she'll fight for the Florida delegates to be counted at the national convention,'' Angelis said. ``It was terrific, very energized.''

Robin Straus, a physician, said Clinton hit all the important issues, from Iraq to healthcare.

''She signed autographs. She took pictures,'' Straus said.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/396103.html

[rodeodance]

49. You FORGOT the word fundraiser: "Clinton spoke for about 10 minutes at a Beach fundraiser"

but of course you knew that.

[rodeodance]

44. "Clinton hasn't campaigned in the state," (neither has Obama) Miami paper has it right!

Miami Beach fans catch glimpse of Clinton

Hillary Clinton spoke for about 10 minutes at a Beach fundraiser, discussing healthcare, alternative energy and student loans.

Posted on Sun, Jan. 27, 2008
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BY JENNIFER LEBOVICH AND LESLEY CLARK
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.......Though Clinton hasn't campaigned in the state, Garcia said her supporters have been visible.....

Clinton has led Obama for months in Florida polls, but no Democrats have campaigned in the state since signing a pledge last summer at the behest of the early-primary states that wanted to punish Florida for moving up its primary.


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/396103.html

[meow mix]

28. ut oh

watch this one get picked up lol

[UALRBSofL]

32. Barracks Spokesman Accused

Hillary of cheating when he spoke to CNN but the story hasn't really gotten any teeth to it so Hillary wont be responding to the accusation and it will die a slow death. But folks are sure happy to see Hillary in florida. :)

[rodeodance]

50. sad to see Obama spokesperson spewing deceptive crapola once again.

[rodeodance]

52. btw--Did cnn happen to mention Obama stepping out and shaking hands of

supporters during his Fundraiser in FL?

[elixir]

31. As MonkeyFunk so aptly posted, Obama campaigned in FL after pledge was made..we're even.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071106/NEWS/711060410

[Tom Rinaldo]

37. Somehow I think broadcasting campaign ads into 6.5 million homes for weeks

...has a little more inpact of the campaign inside Florida than briefly shaking the hands of a few supporters outside of a fully sanctioned fund raiser.

[elixir]

40. Agreed, both are offenders. BTW, we wouldn't be in this heated primary if Wes was in the WH

[HughMoran]

42. Ya think?

The difference in scale of Obama's ads compared to Hillary shaking a few hands is laughable.

This is literally making a mountain out of a molehill and actually exposes Obama to further criticism more than it hurts Hillary.

[rodeodance]

47. Some Obama fans are forgetful sometimes

[UALRBSofL]

41. ELIXIR

Great article. Maybe that's why this accusation by the Barack spokesman hasn't got any teeth to it. Hard to say your cheating but we aren't. That said everyone in florida are excited Hillary is going to be in florida tuesday night. :))

[angie_love]

33. UGH

these people are just unbelievable. Shes so freakin transparent. I hope more peeps call her out on this shadiness.

[Tom Rinaldo]

39. Funny that's exactly what I was thinking

Except it was about certain posts on this thread that reek of hypocracy and rigged double standards.

[rodeodance]

45. Well gee--gues those "peeps" will have call out Obama for his NOV fundraiser--in fairness of course.

UGH
Posted by angie_love


these people are just unbelievable. Shes so freakin transparent. I hope more peeps call her out on this shadiness.

[rodeodance]

46. btw--lots of hate and bitterness in a post with a

name of angel love.

[HughMoran]

38. Sounds pretty innocuous to me

If this is a violation, then it's an extremely minor one.