McAuliffe: Hillary was talking about the timeline - "hyped up press and Obama camp inflamed it."

[jefferson_dem]

Just now on FauxNews.

Chris Wallace is following up aggressively - hammering Hillary for the "ghoulish remarks" and her non-apology. McAwful is squirming like the snake he is.

[Blarch]

1. who said the Obama camp inflamed it ?

[tekisui]

3. Terry Macauliff, Clinton campaign chair.

[havocmom]

15. Same smiling idiot who has also eluded to something happening to Obama before convention?

That Terry McAuliffe?

[tekisui]

20. That's the one.

The same one that said, "It will be over by mid-June" and "I fully expect Hillary to be the Nominee".

[cliffordu]

81. Someone should give that fucker the horseradish enema.

[hisownpetard]

59. McAuliff is delusional. Obama's camp enflamed it? Obama could not possibly have made less of it

than he did. That, in and of itself, makes me furious with Clinton and her hacks.

They are incapable of being gracious, even when the person who has every right to be upset does them a nice turn.

What an INGRATE.

[Cha]

80. terry mcauliffe is a gawd damn liar.

he fucking knows exactly what their strategy is.

[yardwork]

71. Let's look at Hillary's exact words.

Asked if her continuing fight for the nomination against Senator Obama hurts the Democratic party, Sen. Hillary Clinton replied, "I don't. Because again, I've been around long enough. You know, my husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. You know, I just don't understand it. You know, there's lots of speculation about why it is. “

[NashVegas]

82. We Should Start By Looking At The INTERVIEWER's Exact Words!

She was asked about the calls for her to step out of the race.

HC:"People have been trying to push me out of the race since Iowa."

Interviewer: why? why?

And she refused to speculate on a reason, but instead remarked on the unprecedented nature of it.

The editor said to her, "you don't buy the party unity argument?"

"I don't because again, I've been around long enough ... there's been a lot of speculation about why (the calls for her to step out) it is..."

Editor: "what's your speculation?"

HC: "you know, I don't know. I find it curious ..."

[tekisui]

2. Obama camp inflammed it? How, exactly.

He is a shit spewing machine.

[Evergreen Emerald]

5. At least two ways: he e-mailed the press citing stories covering it

and he keeps commenting on it, keeping it in the news. It has been his strategy all along. Up front pretends not to want to continue the story, while sending the press inflamed e-mails knowing they have his back and will cover the story.

[quantass]

9. If Hillary never thought Assassination on the brain this wouldnt be a story..you think?

[tekisui]

11. THis one is not Obama's fault. Hillary said it, and it was stupid.

[tekisui]

16. He had to respond, he was asked, and he was very accepting that

Hillary meant no harm by her dumbass comment.

[Evergreen Emerald]

22. you crack me up. When Clinton responded to a question about WRight

you all went ballistic: "she should not have responded at all."


Whatever.

[tekisui]

26. I never said that. You know that there are many individual and unique

Obama supporters, right?

It is how they respond when asked.

[Name removed]

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[tekisui]

38. Then, your glasses are colored by your admiration of Hillary.

Group think is here, to be sure. But, it is far from unified and absolute. I know that Hillary Supporters are different people. I like many of them, and find that we agree on vast majority of the issues. Others, I know are driven only by Obama hate. Others by Clinton love. And, some are trolls that don't really care for HIllary, just use it as cover to hit Obama.

If you can't see that there are unique thinkers and respect that, I can understand why you feel the way you do.

[Evergreen Emerald]

39. I am not blinded to the reality of what is going on here.

DU has become undemocratic where thoughts and opinions different than the tyrannical majority are attacked.

DeToqueVille would be rolling over in his grave.

[tekisui]

44. All THoughts and opinions are welcomed, and met with discussion.

I think that the vile between the two camps got too nasty, here, when both were still viable candidates. The inflammatory rhetoric was accepted, and has lasted. THe majority wins in democratic processes, and the majority accepts that Obama is the presumptive nominee.

Unfortunately, opinions got heated and everyone got used to nastiness.

I remember when the majority of the flamers were Hillary Supporters. November, December and January were filled with a lot of very nasty and persistent Hillary Supporters who were relentless to Supporters of Obama, Edwards and Kucinich.

[Evergreen Emerald]

50. I never saw that at all. I guess it depends on you perspective

I have only seen Clinton supporters on the defensive staving off the constant attacks that were based, not in issues but on ugly ugly distortions and twists.

You crack me up: "all opinions are welcomed..." That is not true. I have been told to leave this board because I support Clinton on numerous occasions.

[tekisui]

54. Yet, you are free to say, and discuss that.

No Clinton supporter should be asked to leave.

Democratic Nominee- bashers will be required to leave in due time.

[jefferson_dem]

33. "He would not have been my pastor..."

Here's Hillary's shallow, opportunistic response on Wright to the right-wing Mellon-Scaife rag ---

"He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."

Compare that shit to Obama's classiness. Democrats made the right choice. Say goodbye to the days of Chimpy-Rove-Clinton "old politics".

[qazplm]

53. and now you are saying

that Obama is wrong for doing the same thing you defended Hillary for.

What happened to the kitchen being hot and getting out and all of that.

[jefferson_dem]

Unbelievable. You and Hillary deserve each other.

Here was Obama's comment on it, which you claim was out of line.

"I have learned that when you are campaigning for as many months as Senator Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make and I think that is what happened here. Senator Clinton says that she did not intend any offense by it and I will take her at her word on that," Obama told Radio Isla Puerto Rico.

[Evergreen Emerald]

23. Unbelievable the double standard

Of course that was not his only comments. And, per his usual strategy: says one thing to the press, he stokes the fire from behind the scenes.

[Tatiana]

45. What were the other comments, pray tell? n/t

[Big Blue Marble]

48. What proof do you have of this accusation?

You sound as if you have knowledge of the internal workings of the Obama Camp.
Prove it with more info please.

[mamalone]

56. What other comments??

Please give me links:)

[Tippy]

18. Care to provide links for confirmation?.......n/t

[Doityourself]

21. I haven't seen this about the emails. You got a link?

[Evergreen Emerald]

24. It was on the news yesterday. Either cnn or msnbc

[jefferson_dem]

40. Watch this - Video of Obama's classy response.

"Let's put it behind us." -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjcprIlimW4

Contrast with this below --

***

(Hillary / O'Reilly interview - subject: Rev. Wright)

O'Reilly: "Can you believe this Rev. Wright guy? Can you believe this guy?"

Hillary: "Well, I'm going to leave it up to voters to decide."

O'Reilly: "Well, what do you think as an American?"

Hillary: "Well, what I said when I was asked directly is that I would not have stayed in the church.

O'Reilly: "You're an American citizen, I'm an American citizen, He's an American citizen, Rev. Wright. What do you think when you hear a fellow American citizen say that kind of stuff about America."

Hillary: "Well, I take offense. I think it's offensive and outrageous. I'm going to express my opinion, others can express theirs. It is part of just, you know, an atmosphere we're in today."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/30/hillary-clinton-on-oreill_n_99453.html

[Mooney]

42. But I thought they "had Obama's back"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6120134&mesg_id=6120151

Why would they report his diabolical, hydra-headed strategy if they're in his corner? Wouldn't they just report his public statement and leave it at that to make him look good?

[Doityourself]

43. If it was on either, then there should be a link...

[searchingforlight]

64. That is convenient. One has to have a little more than that to back up one's argument.

[Exilednight]

28. Do you see a conspiracy theory around every corner? n/t

[KSinTX]

30. Show me that link, pls. nt

[Mooney]

36. Wait, you mean Obama's opponent in the primaries made a gaffe,

and his campaign exploited it?

What kind of heartless brute would ever take advantage of an opponent's gaffe in this way?

[Liberal Veteran]

51. Do you have any proof of these "emails" or are they just a product the conpiratorial HI44 groupmind?

[Windy]

55. His statement was lets put it behind us, she was tired.... please. You need to get a life.

I'm so sick and tired of your games and the games of HRC's supporters who try and "project" their candidates dirty deeds onto Obama. What dream world are you living in?

This is why the majority of the democratic party is sick and tired of HRC!

[Evergreen Emerald]

62. You do not see the reality of what is going on.

I understand that you want Obama to be everything and all things and Clinton to be nothing and everything ugly. I understand that your judgment is cloudy and you cannot see the reality that BOTH candidates are playing political games.

Obama is no different than Clinton--except that he used the race card to win and she would not.

[LibGranny]

67. Clinton is nothing and VERY UGLY!

not only in her comments but in how she lacks class/grace. I am a women (who is supposed to be in her constituency) but she's the last candidate I'd vote for. I firmly believe Slick Willy promised her the presidency after he was caught with Monica and that's the ONLY reason she stayed with him and the reason now they're both so UPSET she's losing! He had the connections and the money behind him then and she felt "entitled" for putting up with him all those years.

[searchingforlight]

61. And you know this how? Facts, please.

[yardwork]

73. Please explain to me what Hillary meant when she said:

Asked if her continuing fight for the nomination against Senator Obama hurts the Democratic party, Sen. Hillary Clinton replied, "I don't. Because again, I've been around long enough. You know, my husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. You know, I just don't understand it. You know, there's lots of speculation about why it is. “

[Arkana]

74. Yep, I guess Obama saying that he empathizes with Clinton,

believing her story that she was tired, and saying he didn't take any offense by it is "inflaming the situation".

The mind sees what it chooses to see.

[Kber]

8. By not being satisfiied with an Iowa win only and dropping out in January

[KSinTX]

32. Love that one!

:rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

10. Exactly.

I have to hand it to Chris Wallace. He is nailing McAwful's lying ass to the wall.

[my3boyz]

57. George S. is hammering Axelrod on it now. He said the Obama

camp has been emailing the press links to Keith Olberman's special comment. As an Obama supporter, I wanted him to stay out of it to show how different he is from Hillary. However, it appears they were inflaming the issue. HOWEVER, Hillary does deserve it! I hope they keep the focus on what Hillary said instead of how the Obama camp reacted.

[quantass]

4. Obama camp say what? Funny how they make up stuff about O camp...every time!

Every time there is a new erruption in the Hillary camp they blame Obama...its quite astonishing..every time!

[tekisui]

6. Hillary shot herself in the foot, and then stuck that foot in her mouth. Yet,

it's Obama's fault because he said she meant nothing by it.

Get lost terry.

[quantass]

13. +1

[marmar]

7. Terry McAuliffe could fuck up a cup of coffee......

.... How does this useless hack keep getting work?

[havocmom]

76. Maybe he has pictures? He sure doesn't have charm, skill, or brains

He does do pouty pretty well, though :rofl:

[ruby slippers]

12. I NEVER watch Faux News....but I just may have to make an

exception for this. Thanks for the heads up.

[ruby slippers]

17. never mind...Russert is better....

he's talking up the "mysoginist" gender biased crap.....:rofl:

[no_hypocrisy]

14. HRC could've said the same thing a couple of different ways w/o citing "assassination."

1. Just mention RFK's campaign going to June.
2. Cryptically cited "an example where a democratic primary campaign extended to June" and let the listeners fill in the blank.

[demokatgurrl]

19. Oh, bullshite

There are a lot of ways to talk about the timeline. The lie about Bill Clinton's not having clinched it until June would have done.

[malik flavors]

25. Chris Wallace nailed Terry. That was a pretty entertaining interview.

Terry always looks so desperate in his interviews.

[Meshuga]

27. A turd hammering another turd on the shit channel n/t

[Mooney]

29. Let the wildly spinning douche sweepstakes commence!!!

I won't watch Fox, but I'm sure Terry McAsshole is making the usual rounds today trying to do damage control, so I'll see him eventually. It should be interesting to see how long he can keep this up before he rips the microphone off of his lapel and storms off, saying "Fuck this shit!"

[JVS]

34. If McAuliffe is the one they have spinning this, it will last until tuesday at least.

He's very unconvincing.

[rucky]

35. Every single day, on every single network, there's a Clinton surrogate

or several

Complaining about how unfairly she's being treated.

Every single day.

[Kahuna]

37. He sounds "bitter."

:rofl:

[malik flavors]

41. I bet Bill Kristol defends her to the death and calls her attackers sexist.

[speedoo]

46. Maybe McAuliffe will go down the proverbial drain with Hillary.

Would that be too much to hope for?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

47. Defensive isn't he?

You'd almost think he'd been perpetuating the same meme and didn't want any fallout to land on his head. Oh, wait, he has. :think:

[City Lights]

49. Fuck off, Terr. The Obama camp did NOT inflame it!

Obama bent over backwards to downplay it and to show graciousness and understanding toward Clinton.

You, Terr, are a filthy, lying, sack of warm diarrhea.

[Tatiana]

52. I wish I had seen it. n/t

[frazzled]

58. But since the timeline itself has been shown to be utter bull ...

McAuliffe really has nothing to fall back on.

I think you have to look at both ends of that statement at once: if the timeline is suspect (as many historians and pundits have pointed out by now), then the choice to cite Kennedy's assassination is even more bizarre and ghoulish.

[malletgirl02]

60. Yesterday

What I find interesting there were posters on DU predicting that that something like this statement would come from a Clinton surrogate.

[Yael]

70. It is their MO.

Project, point fingers and blame as their candidate is infallible and experienced (just like our current pResident).

[SoFlaJet]

63. and just now on Face The Nation

Wolfson blaming the Obama campaign...disgusting

[high density]

65. They are nuts

Completely nuts.

[book_worm]

66. Everytime I see Terry on TV I feel the need for a shower

He is so sleazy it's not funny.

[SoFlaJet]

68. pathetic

is the word that comes to my mind first

[SoxFan]

69. Go Away.

[DemVet]

72. McAuliffe is correct, as usual

[Major Hogwash]

78. Please don't abandon Hillary in her time of need.

Go to her now and hold her close.
She needs you, she needs you now more than ever, DemVet.

Maybe then she will leave Bubba, and she will run away with you and then your Hillary fantasy will come true!

Just you and Hillary, running through the daisies in Central Park, skipping together down the sidewalk.

Oh, please, don't let her down.

[Thrill]

75. Axelrod immediately defended her on Hardball. And Obama did the same yesterday

and this moron is saying the Obama campaign inflamed it? LOL. So much for trying to pull the party together

[blonndee]

77. Waaah! She's a VICTIM! But she's a STRONG WOMAN.

Puke. This shit makes all women look bad. And all Democrats! What a big effing crybaby Hillary is. If you can make it on your merits, freaking do so already! But you can't! So you cry and whine and act like a fool on the national stage instead.

[Garbo 2004]

79. McAuliffe's blaming Murdoch's NY Post on what he himself called "fair & balanced" Faux?

Faux was so pleased with McAuliffe's praise that they even made a promo ad out of it.

And of course Terry is further inflaming it by keeping in the news with his continuing comments. What a genius.