Clinton Campaign Sets Up Texas Primary Press Room: The Men\'s Bathroom

Clinton Campaign Sets Up Texas Primary Press Room: The Men's Bathroom

Wall Street Journal   |  Jackie Calmes   |   March 4, 2008 10:26 AM


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It was immediately interpreted as something of a metaphor for the Clinton campaign's attitude to the press: With Sen. Hillary Clinton at Austin's convention center for "a Texas-sized townhall," her media entourage was taken to its work space -- in a men's room of a separate community center.

The tables set up for reporters nearly abutted the urinals. That made for a more spirited rush than usual for the best working space, with female reporters quickly staking out chairs on the small room's opposite side.

One was too late: That left the unlikely scene of Tina Brown -- former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, friend and biographer of Princess Diana -- gamely typing away close to a toilet. Or, should we say, the loo.


 
 

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

Hillary's way of focusing the mind of the press!

Keeping it as one with her own!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:58 PM on 03/04/2008
- Bushgirlsgonewild See Profile I'm a Fan of Bushgirlsgonewild permalink

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Wrong again, HuffPost.

It's Larry Craig's Parole Officers.

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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:01 PM on 03/04/2008
- geg6 See Profile I'm a Fan of geg6 permalink

And she wonders why she gets bad press?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:01 PM on 03/04/2008
- mrdontplay See Profile I'm a Fan of mrdontplay permalink

work out of the bathroom.

is this a reflection on how she feels about the press?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:42 PM on 03/04/2008
- GeorgeKaplan See Profile I'm a Fan of GeorgeKaplan permalink

"All The News That's Fit For A Smear!" Keep the trash rolling... it's election day!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:38 PM on 03/04/2008
- DennyCrane See Profile I'm a Fan of DennyCrane permalink

If you were convinced the press is biased against you and giving your opponent favorable press to the point that it's hurting your campaign, would you stick them in the men's room and give them one more reason to hate you? Doesn't seem very smart. Unless of course you realize the press really isn't biased against you, but you claim they are so they'll feel pressured to go easy on you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:34 PM on 03/04/2008
- zendem1 See Profile I'm a Fan of zendem1 permalink

I heard Hillary's campaign was going into the toilet.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:01 PM on 03/04/2008
- personalpolitical See Profile I'm a Fan of personalpolitical permalink

"Ready on Day One!"

Haha, right..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:01 PM on 03/04/2008
- jkbowman See Profile I'm a Fan of jkbowman permalink

Maybe that's Photoshop too...

Hillary's ad: debate footage doctored to make Obama blacker

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/4/21311/85811/447/468408

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:54 PM on 03/04/2008
- AZModerate See Profile I'm a Fan of AZModerate permalink

I had no idea she had Larry Craig on her strategy team!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:44 PM on 03/04/2008
- Grunty1 See Profile I'm a Fan of Grunty1 permalink

Hillary sending a secret message to the Republicans perhaps? Naw, probably not.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:57 PM on 03/04/2008
- iPolitics See Profile I'm a Fan of iPolitics permalink

"The New Nixon: "Hillary has taken her strategy straight out of Tricky Dick's paranoid, press-bashing playbook"

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/18074823/the_new_nixon
http://www.alternet.org/election08/75233/
http://www.slate.com/id/2184373/

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:38 PM on 03/04/2008
- m4me08 See Profile I'm a Fan of m4me08 permalink

Or "yellow journalism"

Ok, really. I mean it. No more. Putting down my keyboard.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:32 PM on 03/04/2008
- m4me08 See Profile I'm a Fan of m4me08 permalink

Gives a whole new meaning to trying to "push out a story" or "meet a deadline"

Ok I'll stop now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:29 PM on 03/04/2008
- m4me08 See Profile I'm a Fan of m4me08 permalink

I smell a headline!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:26 PM on 03/04/2008
- iPolitics See Profile I'm a Fan of iPolitics permalink

It's the perfect place to write their final stories as Hillary's run gets flushed down the toilet

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:25 PM on 03/04/2008
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