Hillary McClinton Strikes Again

[jedreport]

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Hillary Clinton praises John McCain, putting him over Barack Obama...again.

“I think that since we now know Sen. (John) McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, national security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And I think it’s imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the commander-in-chief threshold. I believe that I’ve done that. Certainly, Sen. McCain has done that and you’ll have to ask Sen. Obama with respect to his candidacy.”

Why is it that she keeps on praising John McCain?

[pbca]

1. You have to be Pro-War to qualify according to her n/t

[LostinVA]

2. "McClinton?" -- you should be ashamed of yourself

And, she's right, John McCain WILL make an issue of national security. Hillary has proven that she's tough on national security, for better or worse.

[peace13]

5. Wow...

just wow. You take direction from your leader well.

[RazBerryBeret]

8. but it's "the worse"

that bothers me. Hillary voted against a ban on using cluster bombs in civilian areas--wow..Is she TOUGH.....

[Ned_Devine]

12. Please don't condescend with your "Shame on you" crapola

Enough already. We're not buying this shit. I think a lot of us aren't buying it. The narrative seems to be that Hillary is on some sort of comeback. She's not. She was supposed to win the states she won, just not by the narrow margins that she did. The way I see it, her "wins" were actually losses, all things considered. Yet for some reason people aren't viewing her as damaging to the democrats' prospects. Doesn't any one see that when she mocks the Obama movement, she's actually mocking all of the people that are supporting him? Does she realize that many of us may not vote for her if she got the nom.? I know that I wouldn't. I don't see any difference where it counts between her and republicans. So if she ever got elected, let the shit fall where it may but I won't be held responsible for putting her in office.

[txaslftist]

42. On foreign policy I don't see a difference between her and McCain.

Is there one?

[pinkpops]

15. Sorry, I have a problem with this "tough on national security" concept -

In the lead-up to the Iraq war, all over the country there were thousands of people in the streets protesting what was about to happen. Maybe you were one of them - I was. The tough thing to do would have been to say no to Bush. Maybe Obama would have caved in too - lets not be too hard on Clinton here. But McCain, the only other candidate Clinton thinks is up to being "commander in Chief" still hangs onto the notion of victory. Mister tough guy. If Clinton wants to put herself in that league that's her business, but that nonsense is just for people who don't know any better. I can't say I respect her for tearing Obama down to get a leg up, and that is exactly what she is trying to do.

[jedreport]

21. hillary clinton is not tough enough

she wasn't tough enough to say no to iraq
she wasn't tough enough to say no to kyl-lieberman
she wasn't tough enough to say that john mccain isn't qualified to be president
she wasn't tough enough to say no to doma
she wasn't tough enoguh to get universal health care passed
she wasn't tough enough to say no the anti-flag burning legislation

and mcclinton---that's keith olbermann's phrase. not mine.

pardon me for plagiarizing.

[Texifornia]

26. I think it's McLieberton...

first name Zellary.

[ihavenobias]

34. I agree with Maddow on this

Maddow nails it: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a81/kos102/2007/05%20Other/Obama/?action=view¤t=maddow.flv

[thunder rising]

3. Wow, just a post like that would get you kicked off DU ... and she's a Dem Pres candidate?

[thereismore]

4. Wow, that is seriously f'd up. Everybody should see this. How the f did she prove

she can cross the "commander in chief threshold?" WTF Hillary have you no sense of reality?

[C_U_L8R]

6. oh gawd, Hillary is a complete ass and

apparently she's had a lifetime of experience being a complete ass

[MessiahRp]

7. Damn.

That's incredible to watch when all put together like that. What a horrible Democratic Candidate Hillary is. How can we Democrats on DU even be debating how she can be a realistic choice when she echos Bush on everything?

Just ridiculous.

Rp

[ginnyinWI]

31. I think that if her name weren't Clinton she'd be long gone by now. nt

[Baby Snooks]

When she answers the phone at 3 am...

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She will tell Bill to call Daddy Bush and ask him what to do.

[Baby Snooks]

9. When she answers the phone at 3 am...

She will tell Bill to call Daddy Bush and ask him what to do.

[ExtraGriz]

10. obama's aide said similar thing as hillary about obama

Susan Rice, Sen. Obama's top foreign policy advisor, today acknowledged that Sen. Obama is not ready to answer the phone at 3AM as President.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TumIz2bajus

"Clinton hasn't had to answer the phone at three o'clock in the morning and yet she attacked Barack Obama for not being ready. They're both not ready to have that 3AM phone call."

[jedreport]

19. you should listen to the full interview

it was very imporessive. hillary's team could learn a thing or two from her.

by the way, the snippet you edited out, you also edited out the part where she said the same thing about john mccain.

OOOPS.

[NM Independent]

39. If you listen to that entire conversation...

...She continues to say that NEITHER is John McCain (note she took a chance to take a swipe @ McCain - not endorse him) and also makes a very good case as to why Hillary shouldn't be claiming that in the first place.

She's being...GASP...HONEST!!!!!!!

She also goes on to prove that she would be the best foreign policy advisor...EVER.

Here's the whole conversation... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyn35HL0eng&NR=1

Way to make yourself look ignorant.

[bjobotts]

44. This from someone who did nothing during Rwanda massacre or since.

[bjobotts]

45. Best foreign policy adviser...ever? LOL She blew it badly with Africa.

[Hulk]

11. Very powerful (wooden stake in her heart).....ouch!

What a collection of the side of Hillary I wasn't aware of. If this message gets out, watch her stock drop!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

13. Clintonian? That is how MSNBC spelled her name

on the crawl... amazing.

[Deja Q]

14. Was Monica a serious challenge?

Sorry, but if it's a vote between Hillary and McCain, with Rush and Coulter drooling over Hillary, I may as well stay home and lick bunny fur.

Or, in other words, how can she be so disrespectful towards another in her own party?

She puts McCain as an equal; her own words are saying that.

Will she try to say she's better?

[Ned_Devine]

16. my thoughts exactly

I pretty much said the same thing in my post. I was just a little more verbose

[Zachstar]

17. Amazing video!!!

I STRONGLY suggest we bookmark this to fire back at any Clinton supporter talking about her "Experience" and "Loyalty"

Clinton you DISGUST ME!!!

Edit: Yay I am the 5th rec!

[jedreport]

20. mccain would love to debate her

what will she attack him on? she's ceded to john mccain the entire rationale behind john mccain's campaign.

this would be like mike huckabee running on universal health care, except that would be good, this is awful.

[frog92969]

24. Great point.

What do they have to debate?

As for "experience", I think Obama can learn where all the bathrooms are in the WH.

[1776Forever]

18. Clinton’s Bond With McCain Goes Way Back - Read Article!

I read this on her friendship with McCain and found it very telling and also that Black and Penn work for the same corporation is also telling to me!

July 29, 2006
2008 May Test Clinton’s Bond With McCain
By ANNE E. KORNBLUT

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/washington/29rivals.h...

WASHINGTON, July 28 — Two summers ago, on a Congressional trip to Estonia, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting that the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest.

Delighted, the leader of the delegation, Senator John McCain, quickly agreed. The after-dinner drinks went so well — memories are a bit hazy on who drank how much — that Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, later told people how unexpectedly engaging he found Mrs. Clinton to be. “One of the guys” was the way he described Mrs. Clinton, a New York Democrat, to some Republican colleagues.

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. McCain went on to develop an amiable if professionally calculated relationship. They took more official trips together, including to Iraq. They worked together on the Senate Armed Services Committee and on the issue of global warming. They made a joint appearance last year on “Meet the Press,” interacting so congenially that the moderator, Tim Russert, joked about their forming a “fusion ticket.”

(snip)

It was during their joint trip to Iraq in late February 2005 that Mr. McCain and Mrs. Clinton appeared via satellite on “Meet the Press,” an appearance that put their civility on display. When Mr. Russert asked Mr. McCain at the end of the interview whether he thought Mrs. Clinton would make a good president, Mrs. Clinton came to his rescue, saying: “Oh, we can’t hear you, Tim!”

“Yeah, you’re breaking up,” Mr. McCain added, laughing. But then he said: “I happen to be a Republican and would support, obviously, a Republican nominee, but I have no doubt that Senator Clinton would make a good president.”

Asked the same question about him, Mrs. Clinton replied without skipping a beat: “Absolutely.”

.............

Maybe Clinton ought to apply for McCain's VP!

:nopity:

[jedreport]

22. visions of the drinking scene in indiana jones...

[Voice for Peace]

23. She knows perfectly well that she's no more ready than Obama. This is

all about making the American people afraid. She is playing a manipulative game. It will come back to bite her, one way or another.

Obama needs to counter that fear by illuminating the realities of the world situation, and dispelling the propaganda.

There should be enough Middle East experts who can stand up and say Iran poses no immediate threat to us, that they are not developing nuclear weapons, that they are not intent on attacking Israel, or us.

He should not fight this game by trying to sound even scarier. Fear itself is the enemy, and those who are fearmongers are serving the wrong master. When you sell your soul to the devil in order to gain power, you wll end up losing big, one way or another.

Have you noticed a whole new surge of fearmongering in the media?

[Chisox08]

25. Clinton spouting Rethuglican rhetoric

It doesn't surprise me one bit. Not only did she openly support McCain but she has echoed the Rethuglicans on the "War on Terra". I don't see why people don't get it a Hillary nomination equals a McCain Presidency and a third and possible fourth term of Bush policies. :mad: :grr: :banghead: :grr: :puke:
I'm tired of politics as usual it's time for someone new. Not someone who is not Bush, but from that vid we barely can say that about Clinton. :puke:

[bbgrunt]

27. it seems that the only qualification for president these

days is to be a convincing liar. Hillary is certainly showing her credentials in this regard.

[november3rd]

28. Two-headed Snake

Let's face it. Obama has raised more money, won the popular vote, leads in the delegate count, and has won twice as many states as Hillary Clinton.

The long anticipated "right turn" in the Clinton campaign is occurring now.

Unfortunately, it's a pivot Clinton is making not to fight off the Republicans, but to defeat Obama.

Obama has an insurmountable lead in delegates. Clinton can only win by convincing superdelegates to vote for her.

She's doing it by publicly toxifying Obama and perfuming McCain.

If she takes the nomination, it's NADER '08! for this ex-Democrat.

[disndat]

29. This must mean

that if HC doesn't win the Democratic nomination, she is going to endorse McCain. This has been described as her threatening 'scorched earth' strategy. HC is not only vicious, she is surreal.

[PerpetuallyDazed]

30. I dunno... but her dirty tactics are making an impression on me.

How can we know she just isn't doing this for benefit of Stupid America? You know, those dumb*sses who continually vote against their best interests for "protective Daddy figures"? She could be speaking tough to get votes, but have ulterior plans once she's in office. (Is this the mind of a Hillary supporter?)

Let's wake up and smell the coffee; WHOEVER the Democratic nominee is in the General Election, they MUST distinguish themselves as evenly matched with McCain, a guy who the public only shallowly perceives as a "war hero". In this sense he holds the trump card on foreign policy experience.

I'm all in this to BEAT MCCAIN. I originally wanted Edwards. Then I voted for Obama. Now I'm swinging Clinton because she's decimating him and making him appear weak. He really needs to start up his "attack machine" (if he even has such a thing) and make it a point to appear tougher in the press.

[ginnyinWI]

32. it is Obama who holds the trump card on foreign policy

His stance against he war in Iraq agrees with 70% of the population. People are looking for change bigtime, and especially a change in the war in Iraq.

Those who would vote in a "Daddy Party" will certainly not vote for HRC. Why vote for an imitation Republican when you can vote for a real one (and one who is a decorated war hero, to boot)? She is barking up the wrong tree with this "tough on national security" stuff. That same group also happen to hate the Clintons. She is NOT getting the chickenhawk vote! That 30% is choosing McCain.

[PerpetuallyDazed]

37. You're right on (in facts)...

But I just have to disagree with that PERCEPTION. I think there are Republicans who are ripe for crossing over. I mean, considering the Ann Coulter's and Rush Limbaugh's who have sworn allegiance to Clinton over McCain, this might give some indication as to the direction of that wind?

Republicans have failed in Iraq, but "terrorism" and "national security" are still important. Obama needs to amp up his rhetoric and get f*cking mean about it. He just isn't being as effective as Clinton is at this point on the security angle.

[elmerdem]

33. I don't understand.

So you'll vote for her because she is just like the republicans, i.e. she is evenly matched with mccain. To me that seems to state that they are both lunatics with no real principles & will do & say whatever it takes to be elected. That is what is wrong with this country. She is making him appear weak even though he isn't? You are buying into everything that is wrong with politics. In your last paragraph you seem to be saying that you are one of the folks you mention in your first paragraph. Strange indeed.

[PerpetuallyDazed]

36. Like I said, already voted for Obama.

And I plan on campaigning for either of them in the General Election.

My point: Politics is all about perception. The average joe doesn't care to be really informed, just give them sound bites. The war may be unpopular, but the sheeple are still scared of terrorism. Will people again vote for a Republican or, since they now have the choice, a pro-war Democrat who may actually have a better chance at "winning" this "war on terror"?

Obama has not made his position very clear on this. He needs to be out there saying the same crap Hillary's pushing. It'll ease the anxiety of the independents (and maybe even disenfranchised Republicans) who are likely to vote for McCain.

[Emillereid]

35. You Clinton democrats really have to question your loyalty to this woman - her comments are

pure venom and ultimately will hurt the party. There is no doubt she puts winning above the party. Shame on Hillary and shame on you folks who support her.

[Beacool]

38. Time for a reality check!!!

We may not like McCain, we may not vote for McCain, but the man definitely has the background and experience to be CIC.

Hillary is just stating a fact that everybody is fully aware, denying McCain's military background would be foolish. She's just saying that her experience having served these last few years on the Armed Services Committee give her an edge in the GE over Obama.

She has NOT endorsed McCain nor said that she preferred him over Obama.

This board has become so polarized that too many people have lost all sense of reality.

[clevbot]

40. ...

Hillary stating that all Obama has to run on is a speech he gave 2002, when Hillary has no realistic chance at becoming the nominee, that sounds like an endorsement to McBomb Iran to me.

[dana_b]

41. powerful video

I'll make sure my few pro-Hillary friends see this.

[AGirl]

43. she shouldn't have said that McCain reached the threshold of "commander in cheif"

thats stupid.

[delt664]

46. Experience is NOT....

Experience is NOT a sexually transmitted disease. (im assuming you and Bill do have a sex life) If it was, Yoko Ono would have a great musical career.

Experience is NOT gained through osmosis. Just phyiscally being around someone doing a job doesnt gain you any experience. If it did Ben Affleck would know how to act.

Experience is NOT being there the longest. Being there longer doesnt not mean "Its your turn"

Experience is NOT even that desireable. Voters are showing that they want an outsider to bring change to Washington, not another 4 years of the same things that have been ruining this country.



The limited experience you do have was mostly towing the REPUBLICAN line, repeating their talking points like we see in this video.

So my question is this :
What is the difference between Hillary and a Republican who wants universal healthcare?

[Politicalboi]

47. This Pig Hillary is

Trying to bloody Obama and hope to get the popular vote so the SD's will hand her the candidacy. She needs to get out. Isn't there any office or someone we can write or call to to put an end to this madness before we end up with the pig and she loses to McCain in November.