Clinton's Mississippi comment blasted by former employee

[Blue_Roses]

What the hell was she thinking with this commment:wtf: It sounds kind of snobbish. If she wants to represent the Democrat party she has to take the WHOLE party into consideration. Not just the big hollywood donors.
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Her campaign downplays remark
By MICHAEL NEWSOM
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JACKSON --
Sen. Barack Obama's supporters in Mississippi took Sen. Hillary Clinton to task Wednesday over comments she made about the Magnolia State while on the campaign trail last year.

But a Clinton campaign official said her words about Mississippi are being taken out of context.

The Capitol City was abuzz Wednesday as both former President Clinton and candidate Hillary Clinton announced they would visit the state this week in anticipation of Tuesday's presidential primary.

Not long before the announcement Wednesday that Hillary Clinton would attend a function in Canton today, former Democratic Gov. Ray Mabus and Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree met at Obama's Jackson campaign office for a quick press briefing on Clinton's remarks. While on the campaign trail this past October, Clinton told the Des Moines Register she was shocked that Iowa would be ranked with Mississippi in anything.

"I was shocked when I learned Iowa and Mississippi have never elected a woman governor, senator or member of Congress," Clinton told the paper. "There has got to be something at work here. How can Iowa be ranked with Mississippi? That's not the quality. That's not the communitarianism, that's not the openness I see in Iowa.'"

The unusually tight 2008 Democratic race has allowed Mississippi to attract attention from the candidates. In most years, the races have been settled before primaries are held here. Mabus said he believes Clinton never thought she would have to campaign in Mississippi, but now every delegate is crucial.

"Throughout this campaign, Sen. Clinton has shown a disturbing pattern of writing off and criticizing states that she's lost or that she doesn't expect to do well in, including small states and Southern states," Mabus said.

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"We want to work to grow our party so we can get more excellent women into office," Mabus said. "But Sen. Clinton's derogatory comments are exactly the wrong way to go about that. "

Mabus, who was appointed by President Clinton as an ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said he hasn't had any split with the Clintons, but he said the opportunity to support someone like Obama doesn't come along often.

DuPree said Clinton's words are a symptom of a larger problem within the Democratic Party.


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[Dogmudgeon]

1. "If she wants to represent the Democrat party ..."

The Democrat party?

C'mon!

--p!

[Blue_Roses]

2. yep, kind of like sayin'

if you want to coach the team, then you coach the whole team...

[redstate_democrat]

3. HUCKELRY CLINTON

does not care about anyone outside of the states "that matter". She does not care about the Democratic Party. She does not care about the many, many down ticket Dems who need a strong contender at the top of the ticket. She will be the death of this party.

SOMEONE STOP THIS YELLOW PANT SUIT WEARING TRAIN WRECK!

[Cha]

5. More proof that she thought she'd have this

wrapped up on Feb 5th and she wasn't worried about Mississippi being in play in the General, was she?

[Cha]

4. "Out of context"? hilaryland has

an answer for all of her flubs and lies..don't they all have hernias from carrying all that water around?