Irony alert! Clinton touts her fiscal responsibility to South Dakota Voters

[Ichingcarpenter]

Clinton touts her fiscal ability
Fri, 30 May 2008 03:36:12


US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called on the voters in South Dakota to vote for her because of her economic experience.

"If you will vote for me next Tuesday, you are voting for the most fiscally responsible candidate in this race on either side of the aisle," Clinton said on Thursday.

The Democratic hopeful was referring to her practice of offering explanations on how she will pay for all of the plans she has laid out, including her very expensive universal health care plan.

"We need a president who will put us back on the path to fiscal responsibility," she said.

"I am the only candidate running who has told you specifically how I will pay for everything I propose because I want you to hold me accountable," Clinton added.


http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=57891§ionid=3510203

Edited for CBS news link also:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/05/29/politics/fromtheroad/entry4136323.shtml


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[gateley]

1. That is absolutely PAINFUL to read.

So sad. nt

[11 Bravo]

14. Pop an ALEVE and try to get over it.

[marmar]

2. Just ignore the fact that my campaign's $20 million in the hole and I'm not paying its bills.....

n/t

[LSparkle]

3. She couldn't even run her CAMPAIGN without going in the hole ...

Words are "just words" -- look at her ACTIONS ...

[YDogg]

5. I find your use of "going in the hole" sexist

:hide:

[redqueen]

6. ...

:o

[LSparkle]

21. what about "into the hole" ?

:sarcasm:

[Lucky 13]

33. *choke* !!

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. CBS news has the story now

HURON, S.D. -- On her last day of campaigning in South Dakota, Hillary Clinton told a group of supporters huddled inside a ballroom that South Dakotans should pick her on Tuesday because of her economic experience. “If you will vote for me next Tuesday, you are voting for the most fiscally responsible candidate in this race on either side of the aisle,” Clinton said, a blatant jab at both Barack Obama and John McCain. Clinton was referring to her practice of offering explanations on how she will pay for all of the programs she has laid out, including her very expensive universal health care plan.

“We need a president who will put us back on the path to fiscal responsibility,” she said. “I am the only candidate running who has told you specifically how I will pay for everything I propose because I want you to hold me accountable.”

There are a couple of problems with this claim, though. First, her campaign is approximately $20 million in debt, even after she loaned over $11 million of her own money to the cause. Several vendors and suppliers have come forward to say they are owed money by the campaign, and her former chief strategist, Mark Penn, is owed $5 million for his services before he parted ways with Clinton.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/05/29/politics/fromtheroad/entry4136323.shtml

[Ichingcarpenter]

16. The CBS feed gives more details than my first lead

Only two Nominations?

[krispos42]

62. Ha! I used to live in Huron

Bet they had it at the Crossroads Hotel.

[madrchsod]

7. "woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown"

[LSparkle]

23. LOL! On the VERGE? She's there!!!!

"I'm winning the popular vote!"

"More people have voted for ME than for any presidential candidate!"

"I'm more ELECTABLE!"

:runawaybrideeyes:

[madrchsod]

29. have you watched the movie?

[NanceGreggs]

8. "I am the only candidate running who has told you ...

... specifically how I will pay for everything, (except, of course, my own campaign debts.)"

Sometimes you don't have to actually say it, because it's understood by all.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. She has more Earmarks than McCain and Obama combined

Second, Clinton received more than five times the number of earmarks
than any other senator, according Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Their report also found that Clinton is responsible for receiving over $2 billion
in earmarks from 2002 to 2006, which is more than either Barack Obama or John McCain.

[NanceGreggs]

20. It's just a shame she didn't "earmark" ...

... some money to pay the small business vendors who she's stiffed.

But, hey, she's struggling to make ends meet with her lousy household income of $109,000,000 over the past few years. That's why the Clintons are living on Caviar Helper these days, and have switched from butter to margarine.

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. I think this comment from Hillary will really help her

With Comedians and Satirist.......

It is GOLD!

[NanceGreggs]

25. True that!

I'm expecting quite a few YouTube links tomorrow to monologues by Leno, Letterman, Stewart, Colbert, et al!

[Jazzgirl]

18. You said it Nance!

I have read several articles about what she said today and I am flabbergasted. <<Is there a flabbergasted smiley??>>

[JVS]

9. Drunken sailors on leave are more fiscally responsible than she is.

[Liberal Veteran]

10. So, if congress passes a budget that puts us in debt, she'll write a personal check?

:shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. She's even put her delusions on her tab.

[Richard Steele]

13. Has anyone checked her basement for PODS? Sarcastic parody-pods from the ONION dimension?

She's gone beyond upsetting me, and is well into
"concerned for her health" territory.

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. Don't worry, nobody reads the internet in South Dakota or watches CBS

So..... be sure to send money to hillaryclinton.com so we can continue this farce.

[sellitman]

15. Its getting sad.

She is making a huge ass out of herself.

Its almost hard to watch.

[hokies4ever]

17. As Scott McClellan would say

"insulated from the reality of events on the ground and consequently began falling into the trap of believing his own spin." :rofl:

[DeSwiss]

24. Maybe she meant to say "Flippable Responsibility"

- Sure, sure Hillary, I can see that....

[Ichingcarpenter]

28. I think she meant a Fiancé's responsibility

[RazBerryBeret]

26. ....and then, everyone JUMPED back...

to avoid the bolt of lightening...

[Yael]

27. This is positively PRICELESS!

I wonder if she paid in cash...

:rofl:

[Ichingcarpenter]

31. She must of paid Marc Penn for those talking points

and it shows.

[oviedodem]

30. This coming from a person who has the highest earmark request for the upcoming budget

[Lucky 13]

32. Maybe she's fiscally responsible... but only in South Dakota?

:shrug:

We're supposed to be going easy on Hillary now right?

[Ichingcarpenter]

34. I didn't sign the paper over on that yet....

After June 4th I will look at the signing papers again
but will continue to link news stories
that point out facts until then.

Meanwhile, I think, I hit comedic gold with this one.

[Lucky 13]

35. I'm with you.

So's this little one...
http://bp0.blogger.com/_3q8VCkKxlWI/SAgA_mEMZuI/AAAAAAAAAHE/eNezWPJESkg/s400/Hillary+and+Scowling+Little+Girl.jpg

[Kaylee]

36. How sad....

Her delusions aren't even funny anymore. She can't believe the crap she says...can she?

[whistler162]

37. Of course they missed the last bit....

"And could someone loan me $30 to catch the next bus?"

What is it about South Dakota and Senator Clinton's desire to insert her foot into her mouth!

[Ichingcarpenter]

38. Mark Penn sold that bus to pay the Columbians

The next one in on loan from Hillary 44.

[The Doctor.]

39. WHY ARE YOU SO HATEFUL?!?!?

Just... wow.

[whistler162]

42. Hateful no.... mocking someone who can't manage her

campaign finances.... yes

[The Doctor.]

52. Huh....

I forgot the :sarcasm: :hi:

[VotesForWomen]

40. so we're supposed to trust Obama over Clinton on the economy??? jeezus christ, you people keep askin

asking everybody to take one giant leap of faith after another.

[whistler162]

43. Well Hebrew 11:1 says...

"Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists." and wee have seen the evidence of Senator Clinton's fiscal responsibility. To be fair we have seen Senator Obama's fiscal responsibility and every indicator shows that he is far more fiscal responsible than Senator Clinton.

[VotesForWomen]

44. dream. on. I'm not into faith. i was alive during the 90s; they were pretty darn good compared to t

today. why should i forgo a return to that on your handful-of-magic-beans promise that O will be "even better?"

[whistler162]

57. And Senator Clinton had what to do with the

prosperity of the 1990's?

You can argue, correctly, that her husband's policies help but I don't believe the First Lady was an economics adviser during those years.

We have concrete evidence of how well the Senator form New York handles the finances put in her charge versus how the Senator form Illinois handles finances put in his charge.

As the saying goes "The proof is in the pudding" - http://www.clarion-call.org/yeshua/pudding/proof.htm

[gal]

59. So was I

and I'd rather have my taxes go to programs that benefit the tax payers not paying for more investigations agnist the first couple.

[NotThisTime]

60. Two words: Campaign management, it's as clear as that

[butterfly77]

66. I approve this message..

[hfojvt]

45. maybe because it beats the alternative

trust somebody new, or go with the one who failed us in so many ways?

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/71

Fiscal responsibility - the same mantra that Reagan used. Hillary touts her work on SCHIP now, but back then President Bill Clinton made phone calls to kill SCHIP. Why? Because it was too expensive, it would threaten the balanced budget. Yet at almost the same time he was proposing tax cuts that were tilted towards the rich. See, we cannot afford SCHIP, health care for children, but we can afford big cuts in the estate tax and in the capital gains tax.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

53. You mean trust the guy who can actually manage campaign funds?

The guy who didn't hire Mark Penn and therefore doesn't owe him $10 million while simultaneously screwing over small-town vendors and schools?

[gal]

58. Yes at least I am...

I've seen how she manages money and the people she has managing it...no thank you.

[Cha]

41. I guess hilary never gets tired of hearing her own fetid lies..

You're going to be held accountable all right..you just don't know it yet.

[casus belli]

46. Hillary: "PS, does anyone have 20 bucks I can borrow?" n/t

[hfojvt]

47. Ha, and she was speaking in my home town.

Not that I know hardly anybody who lives there any more.

Nothing in the local paper about it, but they do mention that Senator Dodd was there, campaigning for Obama

http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=3935&page=72

"Democrats will come together after the final primaries and as the summer unfolds because they realize how much is at stake, Dodd said.

“Hillary Clinton will be standing next to Barack Obama campaigning her heart out,” he said.

Dodd, a 27-year member of the Senate, said he is “not against anybody. I happen to like Hillary Clinton a great deal.”

But just as Bill Clinton was the right choice for the country in 1992, Obama is the right one this year, Dodd said.

No matter whether they live in Connecticut or South Dakota, Americans want the same things, he said.

“And we deserve political leadership that reflects that common interest and that common sense of purpose, and we haven’t had it,” he said."

[RNdaSilva]

48. Oops...

http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php

But, prefer to believe the former.

[billyoc]

49. "...group of supporters huddled inside a ballroom..."

BYOB

:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

50. If only she had ended it with PS- Please send me money because I am deeply in debt

I owe 10s of millions to people and they are not happy

[Hutzpa]

dupe - delete

[Hutzpa]

51. Well.... They don't get the news or internet

up there in South Dakota, she is hoping they're drinking
themselves stupid with kool-aid.

:rofl:

[hfojvt]

54. Whut?

First of all Washington is north of SD, so why would a Washingtonian say "up there in South Dakota"?

Second, there must be some internet since my hometown newspaper has a website
http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=3935&page=72

Third, SD is expected to go for Obama, so I don't see the need for the hostility.

[Hutzpa]

64. Put a suck in it pal

I guess I should have used my emoticon for the easily
misguided folks.

My fault entirely.....

[hfojvt]

65. bite me ya fu$%ing coastal elite

:eyes: :puke: a couple emoticons so you don't get confused

[Hutzpa]

67. Bitter much.....

you latte drinking, Prius driving lebrul....


bwahahaha!!

:rofl:

[ampad]

55. LOL

Tell that to the small vendors you stiffed Hillary! This woman is a hoot :rofl:

[gal]

56. Maye she didn't read her campaign fiscal reports either....

:rofl:

[Vinca]

61. They must be keeping Hillary in a bubble. She's lucky the rally

wasn't interrupted by bill collectors.

[ForeignSpectator]

63. That's not irony. A new word must be invented for that n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

68. FRONT PAGE OF DIGG.COM NOW....... 1.4 million viewers

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Hillary_I_m_the_Most_Fiscally_Responsible_Candidate_LOL