Hillary Clinton: "It Is Not A Coronation"

MSNBC News:

At a town hall in Eugene, OR yesterday, Hillary Clinton was asked by man in audience who is supporting Obama whether her attacks on Obama were hurting the Democratic Party....

Clinton concluded, "Elections are about choices, and you are supposed to present your case and you're supposed to critique the other case. That is what you do in an election. It is not a coronation. It is a contest. This country is worth fighting for, and I am going to fight for it. I'd rather you be involved and not for me than to be apathetic and not involved."

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Comments

[Disparaged]

HRC certainly thought it was a coronation - she did NOT have a plan in February after Super Tuesday. She thought she would be "crowned winner" at that time!

[standforpeace]

Too bad that Clinton and her resigned/fired/demoted/renamed chief strategist did not get the memo on the nature of nominating contests last fall. But finally some advice that I can use: I think that I will be "involved and not for her" as Clinton suggests.

[IRIE]

How long did it take her to realize that?

[deejsmom]

when Jim Neal used this line "we have primaries here in NC, not coronations" to respond to James Carville - an ardent Clinton supporter - it shut Carville up, so she figures it will shut voters up - NOT!

[NanRae]

Watching CNN today, I was struck by how Hillary is now channeling Obama. Her cadence and speaking style was exactly like his. Has anyone else noticed?

[Shantee]

That's her MO....Hillary has no real self; she wakes up each day and asks herself: 'who will I be today' She steals other people's ideas and their personality traits, just as easily as she would attempt to steal the nomination. This is part of her pathology and what many people are finding so disturbing.

[OverIt]

Let's keep an eye out for whether she starts wearing more bronzer and takes out her blue contacts to reveal her hazel/brown eyes.

[barrista]

Her campaigning is nothing but cold hard calculation of what she thinks she needs to do to win. No matter how insincere.

That being said, its obvious both sides seek out the best way to win, both have calculating strategists on their sides. But with Hillary, its just so embarrassingly obvious that its just painful to watch at times.

[deejsmom]

She doesn't seem to have an original thought - everything is channeled - her husband, her advisors, Bush, Cheney, McCain, Edwards, you name it - she's been there - she needs an Oscar for her many faces.

[TrueBlueMajority]

HRC was fine with a coronation a few months back when she assumed she would be the one being coronated...

[mrJJ]

She's contesting all the way... Till?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_eBIpEuO4U

[mrJJ]

She's sticking to her guns on MI & FL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmUVr_Qt2Wg

err perhaps I mis-spoke

[MRb1000]

Yeah we already saw you fighting in Bosnia. Yeah you got the hight medal in the US for bravery. Also, you save twenty people, from the burning Air Plane.

[mesuki]

Its not a coronation,but Hillary sure wish it was........Hers!

[TerenceHartnett]

"This country is worth fighting for, and I am going to fight for it."

Here's the problem. I can see "fighting" between parties on both sides because you are offering a very different set of policy positions. But here? Obama and HRC are very very very close on policy. So, she is fighting for the country????

She is fighting for herself. Why should I trust her? If she will sell out the party and Obama--why wouldn't she sell out me?

[deejsmom]

"Neal, who is running against Hagan for the Democratic nomination, spoke out from the back of the room.

“I said, ‘We have primaries here in North Carolina. We don’t have coronations,’” Neal said later.

He said Carville did not respond. “It was the first time I’ve ever seen him quiet,” Neal said."

I KNEW she got this from someone else - it was in an article about Carville and Neal.... sheesh - not an original thought in her head.

[Teri]

the monster just figured out that she is not the chosen one? well, duh. it is not a coronation, even if you are the princess monster and think the nation owes it to you because you were the duped and neglected spouse of a cheatin' lyin' husband. your crown, is tarnished hillary and no one wants you as president. because you too have taken on the cheatin' lyin' title and it is disgusting!

[OverIt]

seriously... as more and more days go by, i am more and more convinced that samatha power is the f*ckin' oracle!!!!! she nailed it right on the head.

[loper2008]

She gave a good answer, but it's another lie. She and her surrogates play nasty but then expect only kindness in return.

She screamed foul when Sam Power called her a "monster" and demanded that she resign. She also tried to get David Schuster fired for saying she was pimping out Chelsea. She complains more than anyone when she is criticized and blames it on sexism.

Youtube's JedReport has great video of her talking about how the primary would be over February 5. She was expecting a cakewalk. In this case, she simply got beat by a better candidate.

[barrista]

“It’ll be over by Feb. 5.”

[IslandGyal]

Hil-liar-y's new coed message is "who would you hire". We all know the connotations of that.

[robXdion]

That comment makes the case for affirmative action all by itself. Knowing people are prone to pass over the black person, especially a threatening black male, regardless of what they say.