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Hillary Crossed the Line
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It may be true that an untidy cat box could beat sad sack John McCain this year.
But.
Senator Clinton, please shut up.
Every charge you angrily hurl at Barack Obama gives the Republicans a talking point.
On yesterday's 60 Minutes, you crossed an unforgivable line:
"You don't believe that Senator Obama's a Muslim?" Steve Kroft asked her.
"Of course not. I mean, that, you know, there is no basis for that. I take him on the basis of what he says. And, you know, there isn't any reason to doubt that," she replied.
"You said you'd take Senator Obama at his word that he's not...a Muslim. You don't believe that he's...," Kroft said.
"No. No, there is nothing to base that on. As far as I know," she said.
As far as I KNOW? What if the situation were reversed?
"Sen Obama, What about those smears that Hillary Clinton is a lesbian who likes to skinny dip with her Iranian 'assistant...' and 'gal pal.' What do you think about those rumors?"
"She is a heterosexual happily married to former President Bill Clinton, as far as I know," Obama responds.
Who are you, Senator Clinton?
You are doing exactly what the Republicans do when they campaign.
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When Muslim Terrorists are considered to be the number one danger to the United States and the world... yes... having a whisper campaign that you are a Muslim is a smear.
It is playing on the fears that exist toward all muslims right now that they may secretly be terrorists.
To say that Obama is a muslim stirs a fear that he may secretly be a terrorist.
Now, the Hillary Clinton supporters who act like this is no big deal... that voters won't decide based on false information... you need to remember one thing...
Hillary Clinton's Iraq vote was based on... false information... remember?
Well, her Iraq vote was based on false information according to her... but I take her at her word... there is no reason to think that she is lying... not that I know about.
When Muslim Terrorists are considered to be the number one danger to the United States and the world... yes... having a whisper campaign that you are a Muslim is a smear.
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Exactly as suggestions that you are a Communist once were. It's right out of the Joe McCarthy playbook.
Funny how the Obama Thugocrats will conjure up any fantasy attack in defense of their Lord and Savior.
The first time Hillary was asked, she said "no."
There was nothing wrong with what she said.. Get over yourselves.
It was a stupid question. Why are idiot reporters asking about religion anyway?
Because of all of the americans who secretly fear that any and all muslims may be terrorists waiting to kill them. That would be why. Because this fear does exist. The Republicans worked very hard for years to instill the fear.
Pointing a finger at a dark skinned person and saying that he may be muslim... which to many means he may secretly be a terrorist.
Is there some other reality that you live in where this is not the case?
After she said no...the interrogator pressed her with backward triangulations. Then after not getting her to blurt our something crazy, He tries again.
Are these news people so lacking in intelligence that they need to manufacture entire news segments out of nothing instead of looking into the illegal actions of Bu$h and his robber barons..
Again the media is complicit in mis information and spin.
I guess, though goodness knows, this has been a very exciting campaign year. You think they could find something of real interest to talk about.
The media is controlled and influenced by the White-house and the elite, the news is not the news, it is pablum fed to you by selected control.
We should be directing our anger with the reporters who keep asking stupid and irresponsible questions like Obama being a Muslim. They are trying to make headlines and are not interested in a serious discussion of our nation's problems.
LOL
waht line? i see people here get hypersensitive when the Candidate of Hope is attacked by the media. ... Hillary didnt ask the question, the offensive one is the reporter asking, AS IF clinton can vouch for Obama's religious beliefs.
Clinton is in limbo. How low can she get. Both front running candidates is doing a disfavour to their Party by their open bickering.
Bingo!
Her answer should have been.... " I want to talk about MY campaign and MY ideas, not rumors about my opponent."
End of discussion... I'm tired of newsies baiting candidates with gotcha smears
Steve Kroft captured the true Hillary right there.
Not one qualifier, but two; Wolfson, Penn and Bill must be so proud.
Ohio and Texas-- please "reject" and "denounce" this tired old team.
The Clinton campaign is shameless.
Just pathetic.
Apparently, Hillary told reporters in Fort Worth that both she and McCain have the experience to be President, but that Obama brings nothing but speeches to the table.
Full quote below the fold.
hekebolos's diary :: ::
Hillary Clinton told reporters that both she and the presumtive Republican nominee John McCain offer the experience to be ready to tackle any crisis facing the country under their watch, but Barack Obama simply offers more rhetoric. "I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say," she said. "He’s never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002."
It is why this Queen of Mean has to be stopped now.
What she said is factual, however.
Oh yeah, I can see why that statement was just so horrible. :eye roll:
why is obama's religion clinton's problem if he says's he is not a muslim then he's not why does clinton have any say on that.,...
Clinton aswered the question the first time. There was no reason for the reporter to hammer at it and ask it again. No matter what she says, she never gets a fair shake from the press. They purposely look for ways to undermine her and little things to harp on over and over.I suggest everyone listen to Clinton speak and her intonation, AS FAR AS I KNOW, is clear--she believes Obama is NOT a Muslim. This is getting ridiculous already to the point where it only serves the republicans.
Then she should have rejected and renounced and condemned this smear campaign. It has been going on against Obama the last few months. Her body language and tone during this interview was definitely showing that at the least she has no problem letting some people who have deceived by these lies stay in their ignorance so she can win!!!! But I really believe some elements of her campaign are behind this and I can't believe that in the beginning I was her supporter! She and her campaign are using the same old dirty tricks that republicans are famous for.
You believe it not based on any evidence but becasue you want to believe it. There's no impetus for Clinton to be soley repsonsible for denying Obama is a Muslim. The only dirty tricks about this are coming from Obama supporters who want to smear and slander Clinton with anything. She farts and it's an attack against Obama.
The only proper reply to this kind of race baiting is;
" In this great country your religion doesn't matter. The pilgrims came to the new world for religious freedom, the founding fathers thought all men are created equal, and that's what I think. To bring up Obama's or anyone's faith as an issue for any job other than the clergy is completely un-american."
Too much to ask of Hillary?
Can we live without this constant Monday morning quarterbacking over each and every word that comes out of someone's mouth? This is getting childishly silly. My three year old would understand her answer meant no, nada, nyet.
I agree.
Here we go again with the paranoia of vast media conspiracy against Clinton again. She did answer the question adamantly I thought, the first time. But they were looking for her to continue --not to undermine her (how would smearing Obama undermine her anyway) but to try to incite an inflammatory response that would get all of us up in arms and therefore, their ratings to go up. And guess what happened?
I saw this. I couldn't believe her answer -- her first answer and her repeated answer. It was shocking: she was obviously exploiting whatever window of doubt there might be in anyone's mind, that Obama might be, or have been, a Muslim. Either she and Bill (with his playing the race card earlier) have no moral compass or it just goes haywire when they're afraid of losing. If this is how they react when afraid, we don't want either of them anywhere near the White House again, especially near that red phone.
Seriously...hasn't Hillary crossed the line more times than we can all count? I thought initially that I would vote for her....before I knew that Senator Obama was running as well. But after all the misrepresentations & innuendo that her campaign has just "put out there" for people to ruminate on, I'm just not sure that I can support someone who uses "Republican tactics".....can she truly be a Democrat? I'm thinking NOT!
You've got to be kidding. Why do you hurl all the blame for everything that goes wrong in this country on on her? And then give Obama a free pass on questionable judgement.
Who is making race an issue? The media maybe for ratings and Obama!!
Questionable Behavior......
- Rezko buying Obama a house?
- Saying he doesnt have anything to do with contacting Cananda on NAFTA?
- Choosing to miss important votes in the state senate.
and he's ashamed of his father's heritage and religion
What was the point of this post?
it is pointless, like most "articless" posted attacking the candidates.
The point was to puzzle you. I guess it worked. Go clean your room.
I would rather she had said this:
"I believe Senator Obama when he says he is a practicing Christian. I also believe that a Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jew, or Athiest would make a fine President. I also believe that asking candidates about their faith, or about other candidates' faith, is intended to distract voters from our real qualifications and from the qualities one would actually need to be an effective leader of the United States of America."
Exactly - she had a chance to be a leader. She would have done no disservice to her campaign, and would have stood on principles that would have inspired. Instead, she sank into the swamp in a way which is simply unforgivable. Shame on you, Hillary Clinton, you have finally joined the pigs at the trough. Maybe you see smarmy innuendo as a key competence in a Commander in Chief?
But ex*ac*tly.
"...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
Article VI, US Constitution.
To question Obama's religous faith in respect to his qualification to be president is contrary to American ideals.
no no no athiests need apply
"...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
Article VI, US Constitution
Yeah it makes me sick to my stomach that Hillary would try to perpetuate this falsehood. All she has to say is "No, he is not a Muslim", and that's the end of it, but the truth is Hillary would be delighted if she gained votes because of a false perception that Barrack Obama was a Muslim, she's has no problem with that because it was done to her and it's all part of the game, right? Wrong Hillary, that's the old politics. We don't want that anymore. I, as a voter, have been disgusted by the way she's been conducting herself and her campaign in these last few few weeks. I never understood where people would get their hatred towards Hillary but now I understand it. She plays dirty, she plays rough, attributes I wouldn't mind against any Republican but when she uses tactics like this against a good candidate like Barrack Obama it just makes it look like she would do anything to win and that's not something we want. Doing the right thing is the most important thing to do just like John McCain did when he threw Bill Cunningham under the bus, which he deserved. John McCain has shown more class than Hillary has. We want change.
You are right about that last line. Nearly all of the republicans including Karl Rove have backed off of attacking Obama in such ways because Clinton is effectively taking the democratic down with her. If she can't win no one will in her party. And all the republicans have to do is sit back and laugh it off as Hillary does their dirty work. And its working for their image.
Liar. You're not sick to your stomach. You're filled with glee at this weak attempt by Obama to garner sympathy, as if he needs more adulation. Why does he object so strenuously to being called a Muslim? Certainly, Hillary doesn't believe he is Muslim, and neither do I. I don't care what he is. All the invocations of the name of Jesus are a little troubling to me, though. Who is he trying to impress with that?
Obama's people are beating this drum. They have tried to make an issue of it, and today they did their best to make it stick. It didn't, except in the amen corner.
"Doing the right thing is the most important thing to do just like John McCain ..."
Just as McCain did when he was against torture and then voted as Bush's lackey for it? The Straight Talk Express has run off the road.
I'm not a Hillary supporter, but Obama is just a sharper lawyer. He is as guilty of shameless, old style politics as she. I understand that people see him as some kind of catalyst; he's not running a campaign, he's leading a movement.
This guy will not leave Iraq as long as there is an 'Al Qaeda' presence there. He will authorize the secret service to assassinate suspected terrorists on foreign soil, with or without the consent or support of the sovereign state involved. I bet Hillary would too, so this is not a defense of her. But it is an appeal for the dismissal of hypocrisy.
Throw them both out and get me some candidates in whom I can place my trust and in whose hands my country
Too true.
We already threw away the real progressive candidates and the ones who spoke the truth. That kind of behavior is too much for Americans to handle.
Here's a question for Clinton supporters. Do you think that Hillary is stupid? Unsophisticated? As verbally inept as George W. Bush? Okay, well, that's three questions.
My point is do you seriously think that a woman as incredibly intelligent as this doesn't know anything about subliminal messaging? That she had no idea that her denial sounded just a bit insincere and that she carefully shaped them that way, leaving enough room for plausible deniability if challenged?
That's like saying Karl Rove is a political neophyte.
Hillary Clinton is every bit as clever as Rove (though probably quite as nasty). She knows exactly what she is doing and her words are always carefully chosen. I simply can't believe that she didn't intend to leave some doubt in people's minds, while pretending to be supportive of Obama.
In the end, though, she made it about her ... about how she has been the target of so many smears that she can relate to what Obama must be going through, and that as "far as she knows", he's innocent ... of being a Muslim.
This woman is the slickest of political hacks, and just because she's offically a Democrat does not mean she deserves my wholehearted support. As I said before, yes I will probably vote for her if I must, but I will be holding my nose.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and Obama is a pure as the driven snow. He is the first professional politician ever to run for office without even the slightest flaw. Obama never makes political calculations. He never makes cynical appeals for votes. He just smells like a rose. I want him canonized. He out Jesuses Jesus. (apologies to the Bard.)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and Obama is a pure as the driven snow. He is the first professional politician ever to run for office without even the slightest flaw.
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Not what I'm saying, but you're evading the issue and trying to make it about Obama instead of Clinton.
I've said that I'm going to try not to bash her any more, but my point was that her words of denial just seemed so carefully parsed, and like many others I'm sick to death of politicians doing this.
Also, it's one thing to give evasive political answers, but another to use evasiveness to cover a personal attack.
Why couldn't she just have said, "I will not make Barack Obama's religion or ethnicity an issue in my camptain. Period!." Why did she need three different qualifiers that all expressed some potential reservations? McCain refused to do it, why couldn't Hillary? I think it would have made even those who dislike her feel a bit more respect.
Your sarcasm and religious mocking is as attractive on you as it was on Hilary, weird and creepy.
Both candidates are politicans running for a slot of Leader of the Free World. Neither are perfect and both make political calcuations -- that is a fact of life. I''m an Obama supporter and while the interview irked me, she did seem initially quite adamant about Obama not being Muslim (before she realized the opportunity to add a bit of doubt). But with all the other Rove type of "kitchen sink" tactics that her desparate campaign is flinging out there, this was the least of my concerns. Democrats are not stupid, and they see these tactics for what they are, and that's just one reason why her support is plumeting. What goes around comes around.
I don't care if Hillary is a lesbian. In fact, it might do her campaign some good if she were to finally come out of the closet.
I know Obama is proud of you.
As long as Hillary continues to deny any involvement in the mysterious death of Vince Foster, I guess that's the truth. As far as I know.
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