At the Alamo, Hillary Offers a Bristling Defense (and a Desperate Housewife)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – It was hardly the kind of symbolism an embattled candidate would hope for: appearing at an event within a stone’s throw of the Alamo last night, Hillary Clinton had only spoken for a few moments when the lights illuminating her on the open-air stage went out.
Clinton made no reference to the power failure and normal service was duly restored in time for her to launch her newly-sharpened attacks on Barack Obama.
Using the same concept as her controversial ‘telephone’ TV ad, Clinton asserted, “When the phone rings at 3 a.m. in the White House, there isn’t a time for speeches, there is no time for on-the-job training. You need someone with the strength and experience to make a decision.”
Though Clinton’s ad had only been launched yesterday morning, Obama’s team had a response on the air before the day’s end. Clinton then used last night’s speech to fire back at the Obama ad, in yet another sign of the breakneck, desperate speed at which the campaign is being conducted in these final days before Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont go to the polls.
Claiming that Obama had “just put up an ad touting his policy about Afghanistan”—a technically accurate though debatable characterization of the Obama spot—Clinton went on to lambaste her rival for alleged inattentiveness to his duties as chair of a Senate subcommittee that deals with Nato matters.
“He didn’t hold one substantive meeting to try to figure out what else we needed to be doing to win in Afghanistan,” Clinton stated. “As he said, he was too busy running for president.”
As the crowd jeered Obama, Clinton added, “Well, I believe winning the war in Afghanistan is the most important challenge we face, and I will take it on and be successful when I am the president of the United States.”
Though Clinton’s speech was awash in standard stump phrases – “Are you ready for change in America?” and suchlike – her underlying theme seemed once again to be her capacity to deliver results.
“I am not just offering speeches,” she said, “I’m offering 21st century solutions.”
She also sought yet again to portray Obama’s health care plan as less complete than hers, once again, in starkly emotive terms.
She first spoke about last night’s rally in Houston, after which, she said, a young girl of about 10 passed out while waiting with her mother to greet Clinton. Though the girl seemed fine afterward, Clinton said she suggested the mother should have her daughter’s health checked—only to be met with the mother’s confession that she did not have health insurance.
Clinton used the anecdote—just as she had used a much more somber story at the Houston rally itself—as the hook for an attack on Obama’s proposals.
“He does not have a plan that would cover every person,” she insisted. “I think that’s a mistake because who would you leave out? [To] which of the people in this crowd would you say, ‘We’re sorry, we’re not going to give you health insurance’?
“I am not running for president to put band aids on our problems,” Clinton continued. “I’m running for president to solve our problems.”
Clinton famously accused Obama of plagiarism at a CNN debate almost two weeks ago. But the former First Lady has also proven adept at appropriating at least the general gist of Obama’s remarks for her own purposes. That tendency continued last night when Clinton said to the audience toward the end of her speech, “If you stand with me over the next four days, I promise you I will stand up for you every single day”. She closed with the line: “Starting on Tuesday, we will take our country back and we will change the world.”
Obama customarily asks his audiences to “stand with” him as election days approach, and for several weeks at least he has been using an almost identical closing line to the one deployed by Clinton last night.
The ongoing battle over language was evident even before Clinton arrived here, when the crowd heard from Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez and is credited with coining the phrase “Si, se puede.”
“That phrase means something to us,” Huerta told the heavily Hispanic audience of around 3000. “We don’t like it when they use it without earning it.”
In one of the evening’s more peculiar moments, it fell to Huerta, whose life has been dominated by hard-fought battles for civil rights, to announce the former First Lady’s most recent glamorous Hollywood endorser.
“One of our greatest stars has come out today and endorsed Hillary Clinton,” Huerta said with a flourish. “Eva Longoria is part or our team.”
Hillary Clinton KNOWS the Committee Barack Chairs deals w/NATO and the Senator who actually Chairs the Committee overseeing Afghanistan itself, Mr. Lugar, has endorsed SENATOR OBAMA! NATO forces are all over the world, so should Senator Obama NOT run for President and hold Committee meetings all day/everyday? Other than vote continually for the War in Iraq and escalation of it -- what did Senator Clinton do for NEW YORK??? Mr. Bin Ladin is NOT in Iraq!
Senator Clinton incites her supporters to JEER Mr. Obama. Mr. Obama constantly validates Senators Clinton and McCain in front of his supporters -- and then makes a distinction.
At some point, Senator Clinton has to tell people what she offers beyond piggy-backing her husband's career...and stop with the MOCKING and JEERING of fellow United States Senators. She and Mark Penn should STOP with the fearmongering. We in New York aren't falling for it OH and TX. Don't let Hillary do a George W. on you! Turn the page!
Eva Longoria supports Hillary??!! Well in that case I suppose I better support her too.
Idiot Hollywood people...stick to what you do best, bad movies and television.
Her campaign might have stood a chance if the bias of the media was held in check. Feb 20 Senator Obama admitted his 17 year relationship with Rezko was much more than his previous denial on national television during the debate with Hillary Clinton. He admits now that they did have a friendship. He admits now that he sought real estate advice in his 'soon to be purchased' home. He admits now that Mr Rezko and he made bids on the same day for the house and adjoining property. He admits now that Rezko sold him the 650,000 lot for 100,000. He admits now that some how he was the only successful bidder on the house and was able to buy the house for 300,000. off the asking price. These very revealing admissions, along with Mr Obama chastising himself for 'boneheadedness' with reference to his denials seem to be unnoticed by newspapers and television. These are big issues because Mr Obama's message is one of 'clean, honest, transparent' which he has accused all of his opponents of being the opposite. In fact-Mr Obama has shown here, throughout an intense investigation his unwillingness to be those things he describes as necessary to be the 'change' candidate. I believe as a voter and reporter/writer, we and all newspapers have an ethical responsibility to call his judgement into question on the national level as he fabricated and delivered his denial on the national level. We voters and newspapers have a moral responsibility to regard his remarks with the same standard of scrutiny you afford to John McCain and Hillary Clinton. All that being said-the media writing articles about the 'end' of someones campaign when they have yet to scrutinize all the candidates with the facts showing are based on a very close race, is in my regard very irresponsible.
Hillary Clinton did not award 36 superdelegates with 710,000. Hillary Clinton sponsored her own bills in the Senate and unlike Mr Obama actually has sponsored and successfully put forth many bills that make our children safer-starting with the childrens Health Mandate where we are actually able to sleep better at night knowing that 10 million, otherwise uninsured, children can have health care. This achievement alone is spectacular.
Mr Obama claimed during a televised debate that he sponsored a bill to protect abused children-he did not. Check the Illinois State Legislature. In fact, if you do check with his former collegues in Illinois, they will stand by Todd Spivac, Houston Courier, (Barak & Me) and tell you that Mr Obama didn't write or sponsor the majority of the bills that were recorded with his name on them in a blast of 342 days. They were written and put forth by operatives trying to boost his name recognition to prepare for his election run.
There is a lot of news out there for Mr Obama. Please become informed voters and read what I have mentioned. Ask around. He was known as the 'Lazy Legislator'.
I am not trying to tell you who to vote for-I am asking you to become informed. The Republicans are. You don't think the Republican voters in Texas running to this primary in Texas are really voting for Obama because he is 'uniting' them or 'winning' them? They are trying to knock the vetted candidate out of the box so they can destroy Obama in a national election. They will too because he is not clean and he has no record beyond his speech.
You decide Dems or Repubs?
Her campaign might have stood a chance if the bias of the media was held in check. Feb 20 Senator Obama admitted his 17 year relationship with Rezko was much more than his previous denial on national television during the debate with Hillary Clinton. He admits now that they did have a friendship. He admits now that he sought real estate advice in his 'soon to be purchased' home. He admits now that Mr Rezko and he made bids on the same day for the house and adjoining property. He admits now that Rezko sold him the 650,000 lot for 100,000. He admits now that some how he was the only successful bidder on the house and was able to buy the house for 300,000. off the asking price. These very revealing admissions, along with Mr Obama chastising himself for 'boneheadedness' with reference to his denials seem to be unnoticed by newspapers and television. These are big issues because Mr Obama's message is one of 'clean, honest, transparent' which he has accused all of his opponents of being the opposite. In fact-Mr Obama has shown here, throughout an intense investigation his unwillingness to be those things he describes as necessary to be the 'change' candidate. I believe as a voter and reporter/writer, we and all newspapers have an ethical responsibility to call his judgement into question on the national level as he fabricated and delivered his denial on the national level. We voters and newspapers have a moral responsibility to regard his remarks with the same standard of scrutiny you afford to John McCain and Hillary Clinton. All that being said-the media writing articles about the 'end' of someones campaign when they have yet to scrutinize all the candidates with the facts showing are based on a very close race, is in my regard very irresponsible.
Hillary Clinton did not award 36 superdelegates with 710,000. Hillary Clinton sponsored her own bills in the Senate and unlike Mr Obama actually has sponsored and successfully put forth many bills that make our children safer-starting with the childrens Health Mandate where we are actually able to sleep better at night knowing that 10 million, otherwise uninsured, children can have health care. This achievement alone is spectacular.
Mr Obama claimed during a televised debate that he sponsored a bill to protect abused children-he did not. Check the Illinois State Legislature. In fact, if you do check with his former collegues in Illinois, they will stand by Todd Spivac, Houston Courier, (Barak & Me) and tell you that Mr Obama didn't write or sponsor the majority of the bills that were recorded with his name on them in a blast of 342 days. They were written and put forth by operatives trying to boost his name recognition to prepare for his election run.
There is a lot of news out there for Mr Obama. Please become informed voters and read what I have mentioned. Ask around. He was known as the 'Lazy Legislator'.
I am not trying to tell you who to vote for-I am asking you to become informed. The Republicans are. You don't think the Republican voters in Texas running to this primary in Texas are really voting for Obama because he is 'uniting' them or 'winning' them? They are trying to knock the vetted candidate out of the box so they can destroy Obama in a national election. They will too because he is not clean and he has no record beyond his speech.
You decide Dems or Repubs?
NBC's Lisa Myers and Jim Popkin report that Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show. The federal government has accused the Illinois management consulting firm, International Profit Associates, or IPA, of a brazen pattern of sexual harassment including "sexual assaults," "degrading anti-female language" and "obscene suggestions." Sen. Clinton's spokesman, Howard Wolfson, told NBC News in a statement that the senator decided to keep the funds because the lawsuit is "ongoing" and because none of the sexual harassment allegations has been proven in court." This is the usual Camp Clinton Hypocrisy Spin.
Hillary and Camp Clinton is the core of what is Wrong with Washington politics, the do and say anything to win no matter what is done to the country and the country's morale. Jim Hightower, Texas columnist states, "Senator Obama represents the bright future that is possible in America when ordinary people begin to take charge. Clinton and McCain certainly have a wealth of Washington experience, but Obama has tapped into our country’s enormous democratic potential, and that’s not merely exciting, it is invaluable to our future.” The reason so many Senators are endorsing Obama is because they know with him, they have a chance of getting unity and not division, truth and not spin.
Hillary Clinton's healhcare plan will be like Mandated Auto Insurance, which will cause more suffering to people than it is worth. And, it will also be helpful to the insurance companies, with enforced penalties and fines. Hillary Clinton Was for Nafta before she was a little bit against it. Hillary Clinton will run the Country like she has run her Campaign, a disaster. Hillary Clinton takes words from her husband and Edwards, but that is not Plagiarism. Hillary will never apologize, she does not believe in that.
She is a consummate Actress from years in the Whitehouse and Scandal. Every thought she issues has been thought out and well planned ahead, she has no Genuine moments. The Real Hillary is the one who, after Barack has won a primary or caucus, comes out on stage and does her stump speech without Congratulating him at all. She does not like to apologize, nor congratulate. She is not truthful or authentic. She should disclose her Income Tax Reports. She voted for the Iraq war because she did not have enough compassion to be concerned about what it would do to the young men and women and their family who had to do the dirty work of Bush. Unfortunately she was more concerned about doing what was best for Hillary, what was so-called Politically Correct at the time.
Before leaving the White house, President Clinton on behalf of Hillary asked the National Archives to withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.) - She says Shame on Obama, I say Shame on Hillary!
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HOPEFULLY, HILLARY WILL 'MEET HER WATERLOO' AT THE 'ALAMO.'
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When I think I have heard every lie she could tell, I read your account of Senator Clinton saying to the crowd (about health insurance) which of you will his (Obama's) plan leave out? For the uneducated, they might buy it. For the rest of us we know the only people left out of Obama's plan are adults without children who choose NOT to buy insurance. I have yet to hear Senator Clinton describe how her plan will deal with the 12 million plus illegal aliens. If she is including them to make her program truly universal, she doesn't want to tell you now because the cost of that will deprive every American citizen of more services than we can imagine.
Most of Obama's supporters are black but I think the most educated black are supporting Hillary because they know that Obama is all speeches and truck loads of promises which we think if we are lucky Obama can only deliver one promise that he make during this nomination period. Americans are so hungry for change, that's no doubt about that but Obama will not bring those changes that we are looking for. Obama missed 130 senate votes that are crucial like Afghanitan issue, Us economy just to mention a few. What's Obama going to do in White House? Nothing except to give good speeches. Obama always accused Hillary for what Bill Clinton did during his presidency. One thing I can assure Obama's supporters. Hillary is well known all over the world and this will give her a plus dealing with our foreign policy while Obama was not even tested. What did Obama accomplish during his two years in senate except during for presidency? Give us a break here , before you accuse Hillary ask and face the mirror first a What did I really done for sate of Illinois? Hillary worked for the 9/11 survivors and was physically in the world trade to look for herself first hand what did the MUSLIM did to this great nation. How about you Obama? WHERE WERE YOU? DID YOU COME TO NEW YORK AND SEE TO YOURSELF WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY?
Most of Obama's supporters are black but I think the most educated black are supporting Hillary because they know that Obama is all speeches and truck loads of promises which we think if we are lucky Obama can only deliver one promise that he make during this nomination period. Americans are so hungry for change, that's no doubt about that but Obama will not bring those changes that we are looking for. Obama missed 130 senate votes that are crucial like Afghanitan issue, Us economy just to mention a few. What's Obama going to do in White House? Nothing except to give good speeches. Obama always accused Hillary for what Bill Clinton did during his presidency. One thing I can assure Obama's supporters. Hillary is well known all over the world and this will give her a plus dealing with our foreign policy while Obama was not even tested. What did Obama accomplish during his two years in senate except during for presidency? Give us a break here , before you accuse Hillary ask and face the mirror first a What did I really done for sate of Illinois? Hillary worked for the 9/11 survivors and was physically in the world trade to look for herself first hand what did the MUSLIM did to this great nation. How about you Obama? WHERE WERE YOU? DID YOU COME TO NEW YORK AND SEE TO YOURSELF WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY?
Hillary, WHY are you only willing to release your tax records after April 15th -- AFTER the voters in the Primaries/Caucuses have votedi in most of America??? Where is the list of donors for the Clinton Library? Where are the records from OUR White House and upon which you base your international experience? Do tell. And, as for SCANDALS, nothing can match the Clintons anywhere/anyhow. And, Senator McCain, some of us remember the SAVINGS & LOAN SCANDALS AND THE BUSH BROTHER'S ASSOCIATION, while his father was VP and ultimately, President. Skip the ethics act. Everyone, Mr. Obama has given us his tax returns for years, returned the Rezko monies openly -- and, has submitted his life including human mistakes to OUR scrutiny. That is a new beginning. Turn the page!
I applaud and am very grateful to you Marysia Miller for taking your time to speak the truth! You speak well and echo my sentiments when you challenge voters to be truly informed. Visiting a candidate's website and listening to main stream media alone will simply show what they want you to see. We should all strive to be unique and not follow 'the crowd'. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been consistent with her message and has achieved much. She has honored all Americans as she proves that she is strong, intelligent and moral--not moral in the holier than though religious right sense that claims that morality is nothing more than doing what they preach--but moral in the sense that she has great empathy for all people, regardless of their human condition.
How come we haven't seen any pictures of HRC "making a last stand" at the Alamo? Is the Media being manipulated.....
"Most of Obama's supporters are black..."
Really? Are you sure?
"He was known as the 'Lazy Legislator'"
Nice try, troll.
"...Mr Obama didn't write or sponsor the majority of the bills that were recorded with his name on them...They were written and put forth by operatives trying to boost his name recognition to prepare for his election run."
LOL!
And I suppose the numerous senators that co-signed those bills didn't do so because they thought that those bills provided innovative solutions to pre-existing problems, or that they were trail-blazing initiatives. Nah, it couldn't have been that. Those co-signing senators were really clones, or perhaps their families were threatened with immurement, or maybe, just maybe, they were replaced by aliens seeking world domination! And you figured that out all by yourself? Awesome!
Sssh! Here's a secret: Hillary supported many of those bills, too. I guess she must be one of those 'operatives', as well. You know, now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure she is an enemy 'operative', because I could have sworn I saw a 'leaked' memo with a photo of her posing with two unsavory-looking characters on some whiny pro-Obama blog. The name of the blog escapes me at the moment, but I do remember the exact wording of the memo:
"Dear Hillary,
Due to your untiring dedication, we feel that stage one of our plan for terrestrial domination, 'Operation Carpetbagger' has been a huge success. After reviewing your extensive 35 year résumé, it was more than obvious that you would be the perfect operative to infiltrate the United States Senate as a phony Democrat. Good work! Now that infiltration has been successfully completed, it's time to move on to stage two, 'Operation Inferno'. As you must know, Hillary, time is of the essence! We are counting on you! Incompetence and superciliousness are not enough! Gracelessness and curmudgeonry are not enough! Fear-mongering and race-baiting simply won't do the job anymore! You must be divisive and dismissive! Anfractuous and amoral! You must push the envelope of dirty politics so far down the throat of the Democratic Party, that when Jane and John Q. Public sees the next video of your apoplectic screeching, they will bring up enough bile to choke a crash of rhinoceri!
We have full confidence in your demagoguery expertise, Hillary Clinton. And should your duplicity land you the nomination in August, our Terran field operatives, Kang and Kodos will contact you with the necessary materials to begin stage three of our plan, 'Operation Autumnal Abandonment', which will culminate in November. Remember the ancient adage, 'errare humanum est perseverare diabolicum'. Your partner in mediocrity and ineptitude, ____________________.
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