Clinton Rejects Frontrunner Label

AP   |   October 21, 2007 11:28 AM


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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday rejected the front-runner label, but acknowledged increasing fire from rivals in both parties -- which she said she will largely ignore.

"I'm well aware that my opponents on both sides are paying a lot more attention to me," Clinton said. "I'm reminded by some of my friends that when you get to be my age, having so many men paying attention to you is kind of flattering."

Clinton, who's about to turn 60, met with reporters after a campaign event in Des Moines.

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- MetalCanuck See Profile I'm a Fan of MetalCanuck permalink

Hillary is a friend of the Bush family, the wars and corruption will continue with her. You have to vote one of the three who are not bought out and thats Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul or Mike Gravel..everyone else is an illusion and a lie.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:45 PM on 10/22/2007
- SensibleAmerican See Profile I'm a Fan of SensibleAmerican permalink

Yep! Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul or Mike Gravel ... just like Nader in 2000! Is the Nader-herd taken into a laboratory and programmed into robotic utterances and actions?!?? They always get behind losers!?!

Hillary's lead is increasing while Fluffy is headed downwards in a free-fall. Edwards has not moved at all in 10 months and counting, one majorly constipated candidacy! As for Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul or Mike Gravel ... the only "support" I see is the one manifested in rants on this board ...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:55 PM on 10/22/2007
- MetalCanuck See Profile I'm a Fan of MetalCanuck permalink

Hey dumb ass, you can't be a Nader in a primary!

Shit you are stupid. The media is doing the thinking for you I see, they are only losers if you listen to the media and not vote for them. Gravel can be president if you stop listening to CNN.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:11 AM on 10/23/2007
- otispfudpucker See Profile I'm a Fan of otispfudpucker permalink

hey racist senseless:
is your problem with a limited vocabulary and a limited view on the world related to one of the following reasons?
#1 a botched lobotomy?
#2 A TBI ( traumatic brain injury)?
#3 Inbreeding?

Me thinks your mother should have done our world a favor when she was pregnant with you and had an abortion.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:20 PM on 10/22/2007
- ClintonFun See Profile I'm a Fan of ClintonFun permalink

HILLARY DID RUN THE CLINTON MAFIA (HILLARY'S CELL PHONE SPYING)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:42 PM

HILLARY QUOTE: "I have a million ideas but you can't afford them all."

HILLARY SPIED ON AMERICAN CELL PHONE CONVERSATIONS(Newsmax)
Queen Comrade Hillary listened to a secretly recorded conversation between political opponents. Former New York Times investigative reporter Jeff Gerth and Times investigative reporter Don Van Natta Jr. wrote that during Bill Clinton"s 1992 presidential campaign, "Hillary"s defense activities ranged from the inspirational to the microscopic to the down and dirty. She received memos about the status of various press inquiries, she vetted senior campaign aides; and she listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of Clinton critics plotting their next attack."

SMOTHERING BILL CLINTON'S AFFAIRS
Newsmax reported in June, "The tape contained discussions of another woman who might surface with allegations about an affair with Bill. Bill's (and Hillary"s) supporters monitored frequencies used by cell phones, and the tape was made during one of those monitoring sessions."

HILLARY'S ILLEGAL ACTTIVITIES
Mickey Kaus at Slate magazine noted: "Isn't [secret phone monitoring] not so legal? ¦ Several legal experts told The Hill newspaper that it was illegal to intercept cell phone messages in 1992.

FLIP-FLOPPING HILLARY HYPOCRISY?
In August, Clinton voted against an emergency law that temporarily expanded the government"s power to conduct surveillance on American soil without a warrant. A month earlier, she outlined her privacy bill of rights, which includes the right to sue when privacy rules have been violated. "Hillary Clinton"s campaign hypocrisy continues to know no bounds. It is¦unbelievable that Clinton would listen in to conversations being conducted by political opponents, but refuse(s) to allow our intelligence agencies to listen in to conversations being conducted by terrorists as they plot and plan to kill us.

SneakyLiberalHillarismIsNotAFamilyValue

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:49 PM on 10/21/2007
- otispfudpucker See Profile I'm a Fan of otispfudpucker permalink

The truth exposed on the Clinton/Bush machine.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071105/baker_federman

If there is one sheeple that can come on to this blog after reading this article and still support Killary Clinton. Then you are more gullible than I thought

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:12 AM on 10/22/2007
- ang4ever See Profile I'm a Fan of ang4ever permalink

You are just so vile - can't be any lower than that.
.
Just about anything you say make sick !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:09 AM on 10/22/2007
- SensibleAmerican See Profile I'm a Fan of SensibleAmerican permalink

Amazing isn't it?! Any article/post on Hillary, brings out the Nader-herd conspiracy theorists by the dozens!!! The same herd that was thrown out of Bill Maher's show last Friday!

Have you herd, er, heard the one about the Clinton-Bush-Tsunami conspiracy?! Let me first "cook it up" and will then "serve" it here ... :-))

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:53 AM on 10/22/2007
- MetalCanuck See Profile I'm a Fan of MetalCanuck permalink

No conspiracy...just facts.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:42 PM on 10/22/2007
- otispfudpucker See Profile I'm a Fan of otispfudpucker permalink

Hey senseless is your problem with a limited vocabulary and a limited view on the real world related to one of the following reasons:
#1 A botched lobotomy?
#2 A TBI (traumatic Brain injury)?
#3 Inbreeding?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:49 AM on 10/22/2007
- otispfudpucker See Profile I'm a Fan of otispfudpucker permalink

Hey senseless is your problem with a limited vocabulary and a limited view on the real world related to one of the following reasons:
#1 A botched lobotomy?
#2 A TBI (traumatic Brain injury)?
#3 Inbreeding?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:22 AM on 10/22/2007
- Nonamnesiac See Profile I'm a Fan of Nonamnesiac permalink

Perhaps she'd accept the frontrunner label if she were more than 20 points ahead in the polls instead of just 20 points. She is so contrived and dishonest that she even lies about being the frontrunner so she can blunt any possible sympathy potential voters may have who root for the underdog (supposedly a Democratic Party value).

She was declared the inevitable candidate by the MSM and her husband's spin machine before she even announced. Her campaign has been based upon her being the frontrunner.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:25 PM on 10/21/2007
- ClintonFun See Profile I'm a Fan of ClintonFun permalink

HILLARY DID RUN THE CLINTON MAFIA (HILLARY'S CELL PHONE SPYING)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:42 PM

HILLARY QUOTE: "I have a million ideas but you can't afford them all."

HILLARY SPIED ON AMERICAN CELL PHONE CONVERSATIONS(Newsmax)
Queen Comrade Hillary listened to a secretly recorded conversation between political opponents. Former New York Times investigative reporter Jeff Gerth and Times investigative reporter Don Van Natta Jr. wrote that during Bill Clinton"s 1992 presidential campaign, "Hillary"s defense activities ranged from the inspirational to the microscopic to the down and dirty. She received memos about the status of various press inquiries, she vetted senior campaign aides; and she listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of Clinton critics plotting their next attack."

SMOTHERING BILL CLINTON'S AFFAIRS
Newsmax reported in June, "The tape contained discussions of another woman who might surface with allegations about an affair with Bill. Bill's (and Hillary"s) supporters monitored frequencies used by cell phones, and the tape was made during one of those monitoring sessions."

HILLARY'S ILLEGAL ACTTIVITIES
Mickey Kaus at Slate magazine noted: "Isn't [secret phone monitoring] not so legal? ¦ Several legal experts told The Hill newspaper that it was illegal to intercept cell phone messages in 1992.

FLIP-FLOPPING HILLARY HYPOCRISY?
In August, Clinton voted against an emergency law that temporarily expanded the government"s power to conduct surveillance on American soil without a warrant. A month earlier, she outlined her privacy bill of rights, which includes the right to sue when privacy rules have been violated. "Hillary Clinton"s campaign hypocrisy continues to know no bounds. It is¦unbelievable that Clinton would listen in to conversations being conducted by political opponents, but refuse(s) to allow our intelligence agencies to listen in to conversations being conducted by terrorists as they plot and plan to kill us.

SneakyLiberalHillarismIsNotAFamilyValue

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:48 PM on 10/21/2007
- demsrnuts See Profile I'm a Fan of demsrnuts permalink

Zogby: Half Would Never Vote for Hillary for President

Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:43 PM

While she is winning wide support in nationwide samples among Democrats in the race for their party"s presidential nomination, half of likely voters nationwide said they would never vote for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows.


The online survey of 9,718 likely voters nationwide showed that 50% said Clinton would never get their presidential vote. This is up from 46% who said they could never vote for Clinton in a Zogby International telephone survey conducted in early March. Older voters are most resistant to Clinton"59% of those age 65 and older said they would never vote for the New York senator, but she is much more acceptable to younger voters: 42% of those age 18-29 said they would never vote for Clinton for President.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:12 PM on 10/21/2007
- hugs4u See Profile I'm a Fan of hugs4u permalink

Hopefully Hillary will go the same way Dean did, 4 years ago.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:40 PM on 10/21/2007
- otispfudpucker See Profile I'm a Fan of otispfudpucker permalink

we can only hope.
check this out.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071105/baker_federman

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:15 AM on 10/22/2007
- demsrnuts See Profile I'm a Fan of demsrnuts permalink

Do you really trust Hillary ??

As the "first pet" of the Clinton era, Socks, the White House cat, allowed "chilly" Hillary Clinton to show a caring, maternal side as well as bringing joy to her daughter Chelsea. So where is Socks today?

Once the presidency was over, there was no room for Socks anymore. After years of loyal service at the White House, the black and white cat was dumped on Betty Currie, Bill Clinton"s personal secretary, who also had an embarrassing clean-up role in the saga of his relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:10 PM on 10/21/2007
- ballinasloe See Profile I'm a Fan of ballinasloe permalink

Anybody really think that America will elect a woman President?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:40 PM on 10/21/2007
- ohiomark See Profile I'm a Fan of ohiomark permalink

Sure..........just not Hillary!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:27 AM on 10/22/2007
- FogBelter See Profile I'm a Fan of FogBelter permalink

But she's not a woman ... she's a Corporation.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:15 PM on 10/21/2007
- ebbtide See Profile I'm a Fan of ebbtide permalink

She was the frontrunner (cackle, cackle, cackle, show confidence and a little arrogance in your status as frontrunner) before she was not the frontrunner.

typical of a great leader, eh?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:51 PM on 10/21/2007
- OhPlease2007 See Profile I'm a Fan of OhPlease2007 permalink



ABC News & New York Times: Edwards Comes to L.A., Picks Up Key Union Endorsement SEIU Picks Former Senator Over Clinton, Obama/ Largest Union in California Says It Will Work for Edwards There and Elsewhere

"LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 " The state council of the Service Employees International Union publicly threw its weight behind John Edwards"s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday and said it would rally its members here and in other states, including those holding early primaries, to support his campaign.

The union is the largest in California, with 656,000 members. Its backing is a significant achievement for Mr. Edwards, especially if the union is able to extend its organizational ability to the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire."

..."Twenty-four percent of the voting population in elections come from union households," said Chris Chafe, a senior adviser to the campaign. "In the caucuses and primary states, the labor movement will be one of the only entities that is organized enough to deliver significant turnout and real votes."

..."Last month, the union"s national board, which represents nearly 1.9 million workers, voted to leave it up to state councils to decide whom to back. On Monday, union leaders said state councils in California, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana Ohio, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia, which represent half of the union"s membership, had endorsed Mr. Edwards.

Mr. Edwards"s other endorsements include the Transport Workers Union of America, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America, his campaign said."

... "Edwards' Democratic opponents Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama tried to get the SEIU endorsement. The union can field volunteers to knock on doors and turn out voters."

SOURCES:

KABC-TV (Edwards Comes to L.A., Picks Up Key Union Endorsement, Oct 19, 2007)

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=politics&id=5716693

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/us/politics/20edwards.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1192986032-nKGzJuEYy7sxaq+9Z9gCsA&oref=slogin

GO JOHN EDWARDS !!!

Edwards/Obama '08!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:13 PM on 10/21/2007
- KRANKY See Profile I'm a Fan of KRANKY permalink

Everyone I know that are in SEIU are big Kucinich supporters.

I do not know why Hillary is feared. She has no solid base.
_______________________________________________

Vote for REASON
KUCINIC/2008

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:40 PM on 10/21/2007
- ohiomark See Profile I'm a Fan of ohiomark permalink

Kucinich is more of a punch line than Howard Dean was 4 years ago.........even without the scream.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:31 AM on 10/22/2007
- FogBelter See Profile I'm a Fan of FogBelter permalink


Sure she has ... the Corporatists of the DLC and the NeoCons of the Republicans. They have the money, the power and know where the bodies are buried ... who needs an Electorate?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:58 PM on 10/21/2007
- Zhonni See Profile I'm a Fan of Zhonni permalink

What happened to my earlier comment? Post it please!

I have read a lot of comments that have a lot of profanity being posted mine has none. I don't know why someone would try to silence a reasonable post. Thank youu!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:41 PM on 10/21/2007
- WigWamWag See Profile I'm a Fan of WigWamWag permalink

The censors here might be O-Bomb-a fans, some may even be gay or black. Mz Huff&Puff has shown herself to be an O-Bomb-a fan.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:31 PM on 10/22/2007
- Zhonni See Profile I'm a Fan of Zhonni permalink

Well, guess what I am an O-Bomb fan too!! I guess there are a lot of us. I am also guessing we are brainless? I beg not.

What is wrong with being black?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:10 PM on 10/23/2007
- Zhonni See Profile I'm a Fan of Zhonni permalink

She is not the front runner?

Am I missing something?

I thought she was already Madam President from the way she is being addressed and her brazen "I am not going to answer that question" moments.

She is the front runner but she will ultimately not win the nomination.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:22 PM on 10/21/2007
- vicissitude See Profile I'm a Fan of vicissitude permalink

Hillary's campaign is about to get hit with major multiple scandals, from fundraising to the types of folks she has working on this campaign with her.

If Clinton was serious about denouncing her 'frontrunner' status based on polls vs. votes she would tell the truth about how those polls are conducted and who they are conducted by that work for her campaign.

I want Hillary to flame out and she will if the press does there job and report her lack of stance on everything.

Let's face it she was for the war before she was against, she was opposed to using nukes before she was for using nukes and she was for reforming universal health care before she was against it.

We need someone who will be the BEST president not someone who is the campaigns well but lacks the judgment to lead.

Votes make you the frontrunner not the polls.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:11 PM on 10/21/2007
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