Time: Hillary Booed Last Night at NH Dinner

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/01/hillary_booed_at_nh_democratic.html

January 4, 2008 9:18
Hillary Booed at NH Democratic Party Dinner

If the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s 100 Club dinner is any bell weather – Barack Obama will handily win here. When Obama, the dinner’s last speaker, took the stage the crowd surged forward chanting “O-bam-a” and “Fired Up, Ready to Go!” So many people pressed toward the stage that an announcer asked people to “please take their seats for safety concerns.”

By comparison Hillary was twice booed. The first time was when she said she has always and will continue to work for "change for you. The audience, particularly from Obama supporters (they were waving Obama signs) let out a noise that sounded like a thousand people collectively groaning. The second time came a few minutes later when Clinton said: "The there are two big questions for voters in New Hampshire. One is: who will be ready to lead from day one? The second," and here Clinton was forced to pause as boos from the crowd mixed with cheers from her own supporters. "Is who can we nominate who will go the distance against the Republicans?”

The dinner held in the Hampshire Dome in Milford is the largest political dinner in New Hampshire history, Republican or Democrat. More than 3,000 people attended.

[ShaneGR]

1. So basically Obama supporters showed no class?

Because that's what I'm reading.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. the presumptive queen just aid an egg

Why do her paid political supporters here not realize that more and more progressives, the vast majority of moderates and almost every GOP does not like or trust her?

[rurallib]

4. I like Obama, but sounds like you are right.

[EFerrari]

5. I'm reading that they are responding to her own negativity in kind. n/t

[Rosemary2205]

6. Could have been Hannity listeners.

Or maybe Dick Morris send over some friends.

A lot of people can't stand Hillary, me included. It's not just Obama supporters.

[Xenotime]

8. Has that asshole told people to do that? What a fucking prick.

[Rosemary2205]

3. No hand picked audience????

That's refreshing and a reminder than even Hillary in office would be a bazillion percent improvement over ANY Republican.

[LiberalFighter]

10. Question is who were in the audience?

Were these regular NH attendees to the annual event?

If they were then that is an indication.

If by staffers and the like then not an indication.

Anyone have the answer?

[ccpup]

14. the article says the audience

was comprised mainly of Obama Supporters holding their Obama signs. It's not wonder they "groaned" or "booed" or whatever it was they did.

[LiberalFighter]

16. But were those Obama supporters regular attendees of the annual event?

They could be regular attendees and consider Obama their choice.

Or they could be paid staff or volunteers from in-state or out of state and bought every available ticket for the event so that they had a large showing.

The only ones that would know are the regulars attending the event and recognizing the attendees from past events. Or seeing an unusual abundance of strangers.

[ccpup]

17. you're right

I might have misunderstood your initial question. And knowing WHO is in the audience, as you spelled out, would be helpful in understanding if these boos were the boos of supporters or the boos of long-time political NH folks.

With a solid majority of those Polled in NH expressing they've "strongly" decided on who they're voting for and are "extremely" unlikely to change their minds (or be swayed by the results in Iowa), I suspect Tuesday night will be very interesting.

Regardless what happens, the race ain't over.

[0007]

7. Hillary is indeed having some rough times. I feel for anyone in her

shoes, but yet in ways that are quite obvious, she did make her own bed.

I hate to see it come down to this. I'm an x fan of Hillary and have been plenty rough on her in the past. I sure don't enjoy reading such reports.

Silence would have accomplished just as much.

[ileus]

9. 50 states in 2008, don't let this chance pass you up. Vote Hillary.

[lazer47]

11. The more Hillary gets bashed,, the bigger the win for her and

the more Obama looses

[Arugula Latte]

21. You keep telling yourself that.

It's rude to boo, and people shouldn't do that to her.

But -- a huge, broad segment just doesn't like her. She's the anti-Sally Field, it seems.

[MethuenProgressive]

12. Omama's Paid Staff and Plants Boo Clinton at Unity Dinner. NH knows how to respond to that.

If Obama thinks that'll gain him friends in NH, he's wrong.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Primary season is ever so entertaining.

When they break out the tar and feathers and rails it ought to really get good.

[KharmaTrain]

15. The Camp Hillary Internal Polls Must Be Horrid

Well something happened on the way to the coronation...someone dumped in the corn flakes. A well-oiled and paid machine got off message and hasn't been able to find their voice since. No, it wasn't the immigration question, it was her vote on Kyl/Libermann and the subsequent revelation that the Iran nuke program didn't exist and she got duped. It was her surrogates turning negative that all but rose the shivers in many Democrats of the gridlock and bitter partisanship of the 90's and how few wanted to return to those "Clinton" days.

It's as if Camp Hillary didn't expect to have any opposition. Obama would fizzle out...make a gaffe and fade. Edwards would be eaten alive as the "Breck Boy" by the corporate media and the other candidates were there for "effect". But then a couple weeks ago, the others, especially Obama didn't make the mistakes...Hillary did and the momentum has turned away from her.

Unlike Rudy (and his foolish dreams), Hillary needs to win in New Hampshire or she's in real big trouble. She can't count on future primaries or Tsunami Tuesday to be her ultimate firewall. An Obama victory in New Hamsphire and South Carolina all but ends Camp Hillary. She put together an organization hell-bent on winning and very poor on being able to adjust to losing.

[lame54]

18. ...

[Clinton Crusader]

19. If they are reg. attendees and/or Obamas, it's rude either way...

From what I read Clinton supporters didnt boo Obama.

Very poor taste, very boorish and very very rude. If you dont like the candidate, dont like what they have to say, just sit and STFU. You dont have to act like a 10 yr old and boo and wave signs and act like a child.

Alot of what I read in various places, I dunno, Obama supporters sometimes remind me of Ron Paul supporters.

Whatever. IMHO, it's very very rude behavior.
:thumbsdown:

[Bluebear]

20. Booing a Democrat at a Democratic Party event. Real "hopeful".

[tandem5]

22. ah the narrative approach to news - they're tellin' a story!

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KRAMER: Oh, he's cold.

HIPPIE: Lemme tell you something, Kramer. If that ogre dude pulled that crap on me <pulls out a knife> - I'D STAB HIM! I'D CUT HIM IN HALF! I'D GUT HIM LIKE A FISH, MAN! That's what I'd do!

KRAMER: Yeah, yeah...that'd be funny. (To driver) Hey, you can drop me here!