Hillary Clinton On The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Hillary Clinton appeared (via satellite from Texas) on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on the eve of the crucial Texas and Ohio primaries. The segment began on a humorous note before turning to campaign themes. Stewart opened the interview by saying that "this election is about judgment, and tomorrow is perhaps one of the most important days of your life, and yet you've chosen to spend the night before talking to me." Clinton responded, "It is pretty pathetic." The interview then turned more serious and focused on the race for the Democratic nomination.

Watch the video from Comedy Central below:

Comments

[Dendy]

What is pathetic is your coverage!!!!!!!!!!!

[ibsteve2u]

After Hillary responded to Stewart's question re how all three "main" presidental candidates could conceivably end up in each other's cabinets with "There are great ideas on both sides of the aisles" or some such, I noticed something...

Although I usually focus more on a person's eyes (windows on the soul, all that), I couldn't help noticing that now even her face is leaning towards the right.

Although that may be my bias arising from my knowledge that she intends to reward those private health insurance companies that have - for years now - made an art form out of dropping sick people and delaying procedure authorizations until the person dies and it becomes unnecessary with money from every single American's pocket.

I could be wrong, I suppose; maybe whoever handles disbursements to private health insurance companies will take their past records into consideration and ban the bad ones from access to all government programs.

lolll...but I doubt it.

[ghostwriter5]

"After Hillary responded to Stewart's question re how all three "main" presidental candidates could conceivably end up in each other's cabinets with "There are great ideas on both sides of the aisles" or some such, I noticed something..."




But I thought Obama was so great beacuse he was a uniter. Didn't he say he would do the same thing, but I guess it's a bad idea because she said it. Now I get it.

[ibsteve2u]

And I didn't even say "I bet you Hillary's picks from the other side of the aisle all lean towards those with ideas that benefit the wealthy and big corporations!".

Even her supporters infer it...

[falgiano]

reading the talkback I feel strongly this extended primary is tearing at the democratic party. The supporters of each side are beginning to loathe each other. We need to get this resolved or we will end up with mccain and more war.

[dykalg]

Hair hair ! For those who do not yet know...she wears wigs. Even for presidential candidates there is the bane of "lost luggage". If the reality is "limp and lifeless", blame luggage handlers.

[factanonverba]

What is pathetic is your coverage. My blog traffic is through the roof up 200% in the last month. Yours must be down. I used to come here for news not I just check the Obama Talking Points.

After I am through trashing Obama, I am coming after you Arianna. You too Bill Maher. Lost all respect for you.

[TheKiddy]

I too am disappointed in Bill.

[anghiari]

and that is suppose to hold special meaning for who?

[CalliDem]

Jon Stewart could not have made it any clearer last night when he strongly used his show as a platform to encourage Hillary to keep running. It is so obvious that he, being the intellectual that he is,
can not stand this whole ... bahhh follow the sheep Obama to the mountain top routine. He is disgusted that everyone is is screaming for HRC to get out before the world gets a chance to see that
BO has some serious credibility issues that the MSM are finally beginning to focus on. Let's see if I can sneak this past the obamabots guarding this site.

[bobdob]

Hillary's problem, of course, is that over half of the voters in America hate her guts. Makes it sort of hard to win in the general...

If Hillary gets the nomination (which she won't) better get used to saying "President McCain". No matter how this plays out, Hillary will never be elected president.

[marsgeek]

CalliDem since Obama followers are sheep, explain why Hilary voted to authorize the war?
Why was she making noises about invading Iran less then a year ago?
Was it because was tricked, or was it because at the end of the day all she cares about is power.?
She made a cynical calculation during the Iraq War debate. Let me see if you can follow the logic as oppose to the bullshit.
There were intellegence reports and many senators were able to find them, from both sides of the aisle. Hilary and several Dems all with dreams of being president ignored them. Why because they didn't want to be on the wrong side of what looked like a popular war. This looked like easier pickings then Poppa Bush's Desert Storm (a legitimate response to aggression). The fact that it was a violation of international law, the fact it would cost the lives of 100,000s of Iraqis and Americans she calculated was worth it if she could avoid having to explain opposing a popular war in 2004 or 2008.
Remember the political atmosphere under which that vote was taken. Also remember the political atmosphere in which Obama opposed it.
It is a lie to disparage his opposition when folks who oppose this war at the time were treated like pariah.

The hounding of the Dixie Chicks. On a personal not my car was keyed twice a week because folks at my place of work disagreed with my views on the war. The bullshit narrative that it was easy to oppose the war in 2002 and 2003 is simply not true.
I know we have no sense of history in this country but in 2002 and 2003 this war was popular, proponents of this illegal war had as recently as 2006 convinced 75% of my fellow citizens that Iraq played some role in 9/11.
Those are the facts and that is why under no circumstance can I vote for Hilary Clinton.
She made a political calculation and her "instincts" or "judgement" was that here political fortunes were more important then the lives of 100s of 1000s of Iraqi men, women and children.
More important then the arms, legs and lives 10s of 1000s of middle class and lower class Americans she was willing to sacrifice in the deserts of Iraq.
She didn't even acknowledge that fact until she was challenged by Obama and "sheep" like me and it became clear that she couldn't pretend she was "tricked" by Bush any longer.

[dykalg]

Very interesting questions that you raise. The answer may lie in her unreconsiled relationship with her father, who kept a photo of Hillary with archconsevative Barry Goldwater (for whom she voted in 1964) on his study wall until he died a few years ago. Hillary is a Republican neo-con with all the arrogance, pathological imagination, and refusal to accept responsibility that the Cheney gang personify. Hence her Iraq vote which accepted "on faith" the spin of the Bush White House....................

[ladygreenslippers]

if she wins the nomination, she will want these sheep to vote for her.

she can go back on SNL and The Daily Show to request it in writing, she should come dressed in native Kenyan garb (headdress and all) and she would have to change her middle name to Husseina.

[anghiari]

John Stewart...we thought we knew ya kid????

[busybeez]

Sad to see Jon Stewart start taking himself seriously. I thought he was supposed to be funny. I've lost respect for him and his program.

[ClaudiaJean]

No, you just assumed because he mocks politicians and the Republicans and Bush & Co are so easily evil and mockable he was on YOUR side... he will mock whatever and whomever he and his writers find mockable. You assumed he was in your pocket because that's what you wanted to believe... silly rabbit.

[scandals&skeletons]

if hillarys campaign was smart they would have booked her on the colbert show for "the colbert bounce". it worked for huckabees

[bacaangel]

Who has been Swiftboating Obama, the Canadian Memo, where did that come from and who called Goolsbe and set him up? Who pushed up Rezko's trial which was to start much later this year? Why did Somali picture come out, along with Farrakahn endoresement and mocking of his middle name? We have to ask these things? Who does not want to give unity and hope a chance? Is this part of the Kitchen Sink or may be the Basement? I do know its dirty politics and until we reject this kind of politicking in America we will be a pawn in their hands, the people of power, and never find our true Independence which Obama is offering. The Evil Ones are just getting started. Someone is trying to pull our strings. The Truth will come out. Hopefully, America we can see through this Rouse this time and elect CHANGE!

The Republicans would love to run against Hillary. They have so much dirt in their Arsenal waiting to be Unleashed (movies, scandals, lawsuits, books) -- that is why Rush Limbaugh is Begging his listeners to vote for Hillary. If she is the nominee, we haven't seen nothing yet!

[CalliDem]

I suggest you CHANGE your medication

[angryliberal]

Yeah, after the way the republicans beat Bill in the 92 and 96 elections, i can see why they would want to face the Clinton's in November.

[factanonverba]

So no criticism of Obama is allowed. Well I am just getting started. Sent money to Clinton again, sent money to a GOP 527 group that is attacking Obama. Devoting all of my time to defeating this pathetic man who is not Democrat.

[dykalg]

Don't worry bacaangel, the Canadian Embassy has issued a statement that supports the Obama campaign's version of the meeting. It is not in Cananda's interests to interfere in the
US primary process. The Clinton attack is therefore based on falsehood and spin. (see this morning's DRUDGE....this is HOT )

[hank48188]

The trial was supposed to start a week ago, when Tony Rezko's Bail was revoked and he was jailed the Judge gave him an extra week to prepare, thought it would be harder to prepare while in Jail.. Obama is going down, you can't be friends with the WEATHERMEN TERRORISTS and still get elected President. GOOGLE Bernadine Dohrn and William Ayers, they BOMBED THE PENTAGON and the NYC Police Headquarters

[klandish]

After everything she's been through she still can muster a good sense of humor , and no I'm voting for Obama.

[scandals&skeletons]

were those manaquins behind hillary?

[VOTER]

No! Robots.

[ivana]

Not manequins...nor robots - but townhall attendees who were not able to hear JON STEWART....only HIllary was wired, so her guests are supposed to be quiet you gumbies!

[dykalg]

i though it was a painted backdrop until the girl in the front row (far left ) MOVED. (!)

[PardonMyFrenchFries]

Come on guys! we need a little levity here. It's not that serious, we will win the white house no matter what happens in this dog'n'pony race. The media has everyone so worked up, its pathetic. We are getting played. let's just relax and root for our favorite horse.

[bobdob]

Don't get complacent. If Hillary gets the nomination, McCain wins the election. Nearly everyone I know is supporting Obama at this point. They all say the same thing: "If Obama doesn't get the nomination, McCain wouldn't be a bad second choice." I have not met ONE PERSON who has said that Hillary would be a good second choice. NOT ONE.

If Obama loses, the Democrats lose.

[scandals&skeletons]

you sir are absolutely correct

[kempis]

I'm hearing the same from Hillary supporters.

Personally, when all is said and done, I'll vote for the Democratic nominee because we someone to flush out of the Executive all those young GOP operatives that Bush and Rove put in place in the Department of Justice, Department of the Interior, Department of Education, etc.

I hope the nominee is Hillary, but if it's Obama, I'll vote for him. I'm not going to have a squalling fit because my candidate didn't win, vote for a Republican and take a crap on my country "just to show 'em."

[jkbowman]

Thoughts are very similar among my friends; however, it isn't so much that they'll vote for McCain as it is they'll simply sit out. I should mention that my friends include a large number of younger voters, people from the black community, and the antiwar crowd.

The way I see it, if Hillary wins the nomination, within a few months thereafter Bush/McCain will announce that due to "success in Iraq" they're announcing a phased withdrawal. It doesn't matter at all if they're serious or not. With that does the argument becomes about experience, Hillary's .. umm.. 6 years, and her high negatives. She's toast!

[cindyw]

My experience has been different. Most people I know support Obama but would be happy to vote for Hillary if she's the nominee. I don't know any Democrat who would vote for McCain, since he represents a continuation of the disastrous Bush policies.

[ghostwriter5]

So are you saying that Obama is closer in philosphy to Mc Cain? How does this position make any sense? In the debates Obama often notes that he has the same position as Hillary and vice versa. McCain is a Bush republican.

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

i saw her lips moving and i heard some words but i'm not sure if she actually said anything

i can't remember

of course it was 2 minutes ago

[foleyspond]

Have you seen OBAMA'S NEW VIDEO?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0mNDANincEU

[bobdob]

Yeah. It's pathetic. It's really embarrassing. I hope it's not an official video from the campaign, because if it is, they've totally lost it. I watched about ten seconds and it made me cringe. It's a complete rip-off of the will.i.am video, except that it completely sucks. But thanks for sharing. I hope to God nobody sees that disaster.

[ivana]

OMG - you are serious with this video? You want a preacher, or a president?!? Heaven help us if the preacher makes it.

[Wildcatdiva]

OMG-Are you serious with this comment? I know I want a president and it's not Hillary the warped or McCain the ancient. OBAMA ‘08

[Seattlelite]

Good people of TX, OH, RI and Vermont our future is in your hands tomorrow. Let's make it loud and clear WE reject the old establishment and old politics of Washington it's time for a new day and a new way.

Obama 08

[coolrepublica]

Enough with the rejecting the old politics of washington and the establishment. Obama people are supposed to be educated, but I am afraid each and every single one of them failed American history class, or never bothered to show up. Every candidate running for president say that they are going to bring change to washington and most say that they will the unifier. Heck even Bush was elected twice on the premise that he would unify the country and change washington. If you don't believe me just check it out for yourself. People at Obama rallies act as if BARACK is the first guy who has ever said that Washington needed to be different. He is not the first and he won't be the last. IF he is elected (I doubt it) the guy that would be running against him 4 years from now will run on a platform that washington needs a change from Obama. Even the Russian picked up on the Obama phenomenon and did their own take on it. When Dmitri "campaign" started he ran on a slogan that says "Toghether We Will" Dmitri said that he would bring hope back to Russia and do a bunch of crap we all know won't happen. Politicians are politicians because they know what people want to hear. And right now people want to hear that "THEY" will change hundreds of years of ingrained culture on Capitol Hill by just elected Obama. They want to hear that Obama, with his liberal views that support abortion in the very late term of pregnancy, is somehow going to make Republicans who are pro-life come to the table and work with him on this divisive issue. He is going to get people who do not like to be taxed to see the light on why it is a good thing to be taxed to death to support stuff they don't care about. Republicans and Democrats have different philosophies on many things and that is not a bad thing. It is a very good thing. They're is no need to come together and unify our view points. Difference is a good thing. That is why this country is great. If people want the politicians to be in agreement with each other all the time and all matter that affect their country and for everyone to be unified on every issue then these people should move to Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Russia. They are as unified politically as you can get. As long as there are two parties, there will be conflict. That is the price of democracy.

[AnathemaZed]

"una paloma blanca . . ."

[bobdob]

I second that. Hillary represents the worst kind of old-school Washington politics. She's exactly the sort of status quo career politician we've been getting for years, and look where it's taken us. The status quo fought back hard this week. The right-wing Canadian government joined up with right-wingers like Rush Limbaugh in an attempt to defeat Barack Obama. He's been taking shots from all sides this week. And they're all trying to do the same thing: maintain the world they know. Prevent change from taking place. Protect the status quo.

[ClaudiaJean]

Cut & paste

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From page 26 out of the "How To Be An Internet Troll For Obama '08" volunteer handbook.

[Seattlelite]

Her comments on 60 minutes certainly confirmed what I thought all along about HC, she is calculating and manipulating. When ask did she think Sen. Obama was a Muslim, she first appeared she was debunking it, then says "well I've had to deal with rumors all my political life, I feel sorry for Sen. Obama. Then when asked the question again, she says ...."for what I know" he's not a Muslim. In other words, it could be true. The women doesn't have a ounce of integrity. Then she says to reporters today, well I have experience John McCain has experience, Sen. Obama has a speech. When did democrats start eating their own? The republicans I'm sure loved that comment. This women will do anything and take down this entire party so she and Bill can go back to the white house. Absolutely shameless.

[crmaison]

I was surprised at what a softball Stewart threw her. Where was his usual acerbic humor? Where were the tough questions about her negative last minute ads? John, you disappointed me tonight...

Although, I will say that her acting lessons have paid off. It is noticeable to those of us paying attention since Iowa.

[dykalg]

"the aspens are turning."....again. remember what scooter said to judy miller? (wink wink )

[scandals&skeletons]

hillary worships at the church of clinton. the democratic party is way down on the list of importance for her. power is her single goal. and that power will be gained at any cost, american people be damned.

[newunderground]

Hillary didn't have Vince Foster murdered. There is no evidence, as far as I KNOW.
She's not a lesbian either, as far as I know.

[coolrepublica]

What is up with the comments talking about how she looks. Hillary never sleeps. She is fighting for her career in politics. She wants to be president of this country and all some of you can say is that she has circle under her eyes. Yes that happens when you are exhausted.

We are trying to elect a president not a beauty queen.

[ScandalousCandice]

I admit it's a lame thing to point out. But she looks beat down bad. It's very noticeable. And I am sorry to say but image counts for somethings.

[bajaboy]

Yeah, let's elect someone who is such an artificial automaton that they never tire, never sleep, never look stressed. Oh, wait...that would mean we need to elect the Terminator - and I'm not talking about Ahnold.

Of course, lots of people would like having a robot in the white House; easily programmed to do their bidding, etc., but isn't that what we've had for the last 7 years?

[ncvoter]

She's thinking of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

She and Bill have already racked up $54 million since leaving the white house.

No wonder she may not ever reveal her tax returns.

Can you imagine how her unGodly wealth would play in Ohio?

The $54 Million Question - Where was Hillary's Kitchen Sink Strategy during Bush/Cheney Reign of Terror, and Why won't Hillary provide her tax returns before March primaries?
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/the-54-million-question-where.php

[scandals&skeletons]

she has circles under her eyes

[Seattlelite]

This is what you have to do when you low on funds I guess.