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‘What She Can’t Do Is Have It Both Ways’

In an interview with NEWSWEEK, Barack Obama says the Democratic front runner is 'disingenuous.'

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  • Posted By: moblou @ 03/24/2008 4:07:23 PM


    What's happening to the uniter? What's happened to the positive campaign? What's happened to no more politics as usual? In a few words what happened are, Rezco, Wright, terrorist sympathizers, and one small bit of scrutiny by MSM. That's right select Obama for more of the same McCain in 08. Hillary on the other hand will restore our standing in America and abroad. Wake up Americans especially in the states and Puerto left to vote. Answer the call and let's make history with Hillary. Real men and women can vote for a woman. It really will be ok. My question, per an analogy made by my business partner, to the MSM is why does every bad comment made about Obama slide off of him like teflon (clean it up and on to the next) and they stick to Hillary like velcro (can't ever get past them)? Hillary is right for America and there simply is not fair treatment of her in any of the media. I do however think all of this will help to bring it on to the rest of "US" Thank you for listening. KY

  • Posted By: KiEfEr @ 01/30/2008 10:33:23 AM

    I dont even know why all these people are calling you an idiot for the banana thing so i just wanted to say i hope you win cause i would rather have a colored man than a woman as president any day!!!!

  • Posted By: dchappy@hotmail.com @ 12/03/2007 6:55:46 AM

    HI! YOU ARE A RETARDED LADDON'T UNDERSTAND"THE BANNANA THING" IT IS SHOVE IN YOUE ASS DAMNED IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTIE THEN SHOVE IT YOU FATER OBAMA'S ASS HLOE OK LAD.

  • Posted By: dchappy@hotmail.com @ 12/03/2007 6:51:17 AM

    COMMENT: RE: DACON,
    Well lad, i will not call you idiot because i know you are from the incest clan. this clan do not even recognize their mothers and sisters in dark when they go for sexual action and you seem to be the son of your brother through your own blood sister. no! no! why spell the nameinstead of "she" OBAMA should suck your MOSAD and AIPAC'S bums and ***.s, now satisfied OH! lad.

  • Posted By: Dacor @ 11/29/2007 12:07:08 PM

    TO DC HAPPY
    your comment is very constructive and very fine indeed, does he need to spell her name every time he talks about her...
    what about the banana thing..?? you thought it might be useful to anybody...your the bloody idot

  • Posted By: dchappy@hotmail.com @ 11/27/2007 9:13:27 AM

    what this bloody idiot means by "she can't have both the ways" what does this blighter means by "she". who is this she, hey? has she shoved a full lenght bamboo through his ass hole idiot. can't even clearly take her name, Hey ! can't spell out the name of your mother for fear of haveing spanking on you buttocks you fool. Bloody, fool wants to be the President of USA, thought it to be a banana in monkeys hand. stupid has gone mad blubbering what ever comes in his bloody mouth. Hillary, give him a few tight kicks on his butts so that he at least comes to his senses and learns how to behave in public whith a mother aged Lady. . D C HAPPY

  • Posted By: hoopes_az @ 11/09/2007 1:21:06 PM

    We all know she is smart and determined. But what about good judgement and character? I think most people who question Hillary see her determination as a problem more than they do a strength. Is she so determined to win that she and Bill will do ANYTHING to get the post? If she wins she will have my support until she does something to lose it, but I do worry about her.

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  • Posted By: Charles in Maui @ 11/12/2007 10:35:53 PM

    ??? It would take a ???willing suspension of disbelief??? to believe that Billary Clinton is not the most scripted, focus group tested, contrived, untruthful, double talking, flim flam candidate running for president. As of today, about a week after the last debate, she has not given a straight answer to the question of whether or not people unlawfully in our country should be given driver???s licenses. I think that she must be auditioning for the cast of the new Broadway play, directed by Mel Brooks. It is a remake of his movie ???Blazing Saddles???. She wants to play the role of Governor, so she can just ???do a little side step and just slip away??? from every question that isn???t from one of her plants that are set up ahead of time. Just remember that Bubba is the man behind the Curtin pulling her strings, just like in the wizard of oz. When Billary wakes up in the morning, she looks in the mirror and says, who can I fool today!


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  • Posted By: patriotsofamerica @ 11/09/2007 2:02:22 PM

    If Hillary takes over the White House, expect more of YOUR rights to be taken away and given to small interest groups. Expect her to impose a broader "nanny state" because as most left-wingers believe, you cannot take care of yourself. They feel that the "nanny state" needs to protect you from yourself.

    When the Clintons were in office, there was a dramatic decrease in spending on the military. That hampered the military's efforts at the beginning of this war we are now fighting. "We shouldn't have entered into this war" many people say. What about the USS Cole? How about the World Trade Center bombing back in the early 90's? Those happened on the Clinton's watch. *They did nothing about it. They could have had Osamma back then but chose not to. If they had done their job maybe we would not be where we are at today.

    * I say "they" because who do you really think were calling allot of the shots in the White House? Bill? I doubt it.
    www.move-off.org

  • Posted By: patriotsofamerica @ 11/09/2007 1:56:24 PM

    I don't like the fact that Hillary has said that she will take things away from you to give to others. I work hard for what I have. Last time I checked that was communism. I do not trust her.
    www.move-off.org

  • Posted By: HillaryforPresident @ 11/09/2007 1:30:38 AM

    Hillary will be the next President of the United States of America and she will do a spectacular job. Why? Because she knows of no other way. She's a women of tremendous insight, intelligence, resource and determination. I for one, am so proud of her resiliency and vocus to keep the Presidential fight on the positive side. She's the only candidate doing so. Her counterparts are attempting to tear her down and paint her in a bad light because they fear her for personal reasons. Go get 'em Hillary!

  • Posted By: Neffdogg @ 11/07/2007 4:26:06 PM

    Hillary either was blind to her husband's affairs or she knowingly covered up his affairs to advance his and her political career. What is the greater sin, ignorance or lying?

  • Posted By: sarainitaly @ 11/05/2007 5:32:16 AM

    You have got to be kidding me?!

    "She said that she was for the [New York Gov. Eliot] Spitzer plan and in the span of two minutes said she wasn't for the Spitzer plan."

    She said the SAME thing as Obama. She understands the need for it, understands why he wants to implement the plan, knows there are bigger issues, but doesn't agree with the whole plan. She said the same friggin thing as Obama.

    "Do you think the majority of the American public is in favor of giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants?
    Absolutely not. I'm sure they aren't.

    But you are in favor.
    What I have said is that it is better off that we know that people who are driving know the rules of the road, are subject to insurance, are making sure that we know we can track them if they get in an accident. A lot of security experts agree with me on this issue. It's not optimal. What we need to do is make sure that we don't have undocumented workers coming into the country in the first place. But here's the more important point: people know where I stand on this and we can have a serious conversation and debate about it."

    Talk about disingenuous.

    And I am sorry, but THIS is the major failure of the Clinton White House? A failed healthcare proposal. Gee, perhaps we should burn her at the stake. What a failure! Ugh

    It is driving me crazy how people keep referring to the Clinton dynasty, the Clinton failures, the Clinton lies. What failures? What dynasty? And the lies, ok, a husband lied about cheating on his wife. At least it was with a woman. (not because I am anti-gay, but because of all the hypocrisy by the *family values* republicans caught in gay scandals)

    I don't know about the rest of you, but I remember the Clinton presidency as a good one. Times were good, We had great international relations. Economy was great. The only thing that marred it was the insistence of the hypocritical republicans who tried to bring down a guy for getting a bj.

    Seriously, what were the major failures of the Clinton White House?

    And as far as the candidates ganging up on Hillary, they did. You can't watch the debate and not think that. Should they have? Yes, I believe they were right to do so. It is good practice for her when she faces off against the Republican candidate and when she gets in meetings with world leaders. I think she did good under fire and for people to try and twist that one answer regarding the drivers license is total crap. Again, she said the same thing Obama did.

    • Posted By: hoopes_az @ 11/06/2007 12:18:47 PM

      Is "bj" shorthand for "perjury"? Because, that's what they tried to bring him down for. And, some people are hypocrates, others are not. Surely the whole Republican party are not hypocrates because of the action of some of the members. Just as Democrates cannot all be branded hypocrates because of Hillary's stance on secrecy (all illustrated in the article above). Just because she is being a hypocrate does not mean we brand everyone in support or association with her as the same.

      Branding republicans as hypocritical without branding democrates the same would be...well...hypocritical.

      • Posted By: sarainitaly @ 11/06/2007 6:56:41 PM

        Please. They went after him loooong before he commited perjury. The fact that he commited perjury was BECAUSE they went after him. They thought they could finally bring down *slick Willy*. Nice try though.

        "hypocritical republicans who tried to bring down a guy for getting a bj" I said this because many on the committe to "get" Clinton for his affair with Monica later came forward and admitted to adultery, and having illegitimate children. THOSE hypocrites. Remember them?

        "...because of all the hypocrisy by the *family values* republicans caught in gay scandals" All of the republicans who have been brought down by gay scandals, while voting against gay rights and are married, are the hypocrites. THOSE hypocrites. Remember them? I did not say all republicans are hypocrites. I am saying hypocrites are hypocrites.

        I think Jesus said it best, "those without sin cast the first stone....all the rest of you, shut up and mind your own zipper." Or something like that.

  • Posted By: sarainitaly @ 11/05/2007 5:08:05 PM

    PART FOUR
    "letting your husband routinely find company outside the marriage..." I don't think anyone wants their husband to cheat. It happens. She has done the christian thing and forgiven him, and fought for her marriage, and raised an exceptional daughter. His cheating is on him, not her. Did it ever occur to anyone that maybe she actually loves him?
    Socialized medicine - ya'll should quit being so afraid of it. I live in Italy, and we have socialized medicine here. And you know what, it is pretty great. My FIL is in the hospital right now, and has been for over a week. You know what this is costing his wife? Nada. Sure, you pay for it in taxes, about 50% in taxes.
    But let???s look at an example - Warren Buffett's secretary pays 30% of her salary in taxes. She makes $60k/yr. The annual premium for an employer health plan covering a family of four averages $11,500 (2005 figure). That is $29,500 out of her salary for taxes and healthcare (not including state tax?) Plus you have to pay co-pays and out of plan costs. That is equal to, if not more than 50% of her salary, what we pay here in taxes for our socialized care.
    With socialized medicine, you do not have to pay health insurance, co-pays, out of plan costs, hospital visits, or doctor visits. If your baby has a health issue when it is born, you are covered. Also, we have private doctors in Italy, so, you have the option to see your own physician for visits, but can still utilize the hospital for x-rays and tests. And trust me, private doctors are rich - there is still money to be made - except for the greedy insurance companies, who automatically deny 75% of claims you pay for!
    So, I ask you, who is suffering? I can understand the governments/lobbies fighting against socialized medicine, but seriously, how can Americans protest? You are feeding into their lies and suffering for it. Keep drinking the kool-aid, as they say.

    • Posted By: hoopes_az @ 11/06/2007 12:07:44 PM

      While informed, I think your comments miss the entire point of this article. WHY won't the Clinton's release the papers? What are they afraid of? How can they attack the current administration's polcy of secrecy and yet do virutally the exact same thing? And, worst of all, WHY do they lie about it, insisting that it is the current administration that is somehow to blame for them not releasing this information.

      We can blame Bush and crew for plenty of problems, but not releasing the Clinton papers certainly isn't one of them. I honestly don't think releasing the papers will cause her problems. However, I think it is a HUGE problem for her not to release the papers, and particularly be dishonest about why they aren't being released.

      • Posted By: sarainitaly @ 11/06/2007 6:42:35 PM

        PART TWO:
        Daily Kos/NPR: "While it's true that the Bush administration has made the National Archives' process for releasing Presidential records more cumbersome and time-consuming, it's also true that Bill Clinton has asked the Archives not to release personal correspondence between himself and his wife." (I am sorry, but I am on their side regarding not releasing personal correspondence.) "In fact, the National Archives is ready to release 26,000 pages of Bill Clinton's records. But it's waiting for the green light from Clinton's lawyer, Bruce Lindsey, who has not finished his review of the papers."
        "Jay Carson, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, tells CNN that, so far, President Clinton has not challenged the release of any documents, and "no records have been withheld from release by Bill Clinton."
        The Politico said today: "The Clinton library is readying a trove of detail about Hillary's 8 years...for release in late January, government lawyers said in a court filing. But Bill Clinton's lawyer will have the final say on whether 10,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's private White House "daily schedules" will be immediately released to the groups who requested her calendar under the FOIA. Even so, the documents appear likely to become public within a month of their release by the archives, as the general election heats up in February."
        So, in response to your comment, "I honestly don't think releasing the papers will cause her problems." Seriously? How can you not? After the way the right wing-nuts went after Bill and Monica, how can you not think they will do anything in their power to find the tiniest bit of something to hang Hillary? John Kerry's chances were ruined because the right smeared him with the swift boat stuff, and all it took for Dean was a weird yelling fit. All the general public needs to hear is some stupid itty bitty thing to make them completely fickly and run the other way. I think Hillary has every right to be scared. (Not sure if she is, but I would be!)

      • Posted By: sarainitaly @ 11/06/2007 6:42:04 PM

        PART ONE:
        This 4 part reply you are referring to was a follow up to comments someone left me, after my initial post. WRT the Clintons not releasing all her files, well, I can think of one reason - swift boat. If I were them, I would be going over ever single 78 million pages to make sure there was nothing that could be turned into a sift boat attack. And we all know there should be some doozies in there. From what I understand, they have released over 1 million pages so far, and he is not required to release any until 2012. I saw this: http://tinyurl.com/254m62

        I can't also help but think that the GOP (left as well) WANT these records released so they can once again drudge up all of the crap that happened during the Clinton administration - the stuff we already know, but perhaps has drifted from peoples??? minds. I certainly wouldn't want all the docs surrounding the Lewinsky/White Water scandals resurfacing. There are 20 million email messages archived. Can you imagine what some of those say, between Hillary and Bill, and their lawyers?

        From cnn: "The Clinton library has about 300 outstanding FOIA requests for Clinton documents, totaling 10 million pages, and has six archivists to handle them. Each request requires thousands of pages to look through to see if they're responsive." Cooper said. "Those that are may be classified and may deal with personal privacy, so we're up against an enormous task." According to Newsweek, the Clintons asked in a 2002 letter that "confidential communications involving legal issues and advice" and "communications directly between the president and the first lady" be withheld. Sounds fair to me...

    • Posted By: guera805 @ 11/06/2007 9:05:20 AM

      sara, I have been cared for under socialized medicine ( in Norway) and had no issues. But then again, I am a generally healthy person. If there are no negatives for socialized medicine then why do so many Canadians come across the border to the U.S. to receive care? And why is there such a long waiting list for many Canadians just to get the care they need?

      • Posted By: sarainitaly @ 11/06/2007 5:25:50 PM

        The Canadian system is not true socialized medicine, and still uses health insurance to cover about 30% of what is not covered. The Canadian health care system is often compared to the U.S. system. The U.S. system spends the most in the world per capita, and is ranked 37th in the world, by the World Health Organization; when in fact many sources rate the Health Care Systems in France, and in Italy as the top two in the world. Canada's Health System was ranked 30th, using certain specific criteria. They have doctor shortages, but most long waits are for non-emergency procedures. The Canadian system is not the role model for a plan I would implement in the US. And, being from Seattle, I knew many people who headed to Vancouver for medical treatment because it was cheaper. And, I don't think you can have a huge system such as nationalized health care and have NO problems, however, I do feel like the American people are being scammed by big business about socialized medicine. YOu are in a sense already paying as many taxes as countries do that have socialized medicine, but you are not getting the benefits. I urge you to learn more about it, look at France and Italy. Read about Canada's system here if you want more answers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada

  • Posted By: ncsuwolf1977 @ 11/06/2007 3:53:59 PM

    You HRC operatives are hilarious. When asked during a debate to say something nice about the candidate next to her, she couldn't do it.

    Like Obama said, she is disingenuous. If she is the nominee I will vote for her, begrudgingly. Obama '08!

  • Posted By: DMVL @ 11/06/2007 1:32:40 PM

    Hillary is "disengenous." She voted for the Iraq War and refuses to admit that it was a mistake (hell, her husband Bill was for it too, but that didn't make voting for the Iraq War right). She can't give a straight answer on her view on illegal immigration. She claims she wants health care reform, but takes money from health insurance companies. As for her papers, if she wanted to, she'd release them. Unless you are saying that the people managing our governmental papers are unorganized and inefficient. Oh, those poor people. Stop making excuses for your candidate and tell her to get a soul.

  • Posted By: Hillary4Pres @ 11/06/2007 12:33:30 PM

    When Obama levels a claim that Hillary is "disengenous" he can't even back up that claim. His only goal is to malign her reputation. As for presidential papers, from what I've read in books by Savage and Dean, once papers have been labeled confidential and released, folks can't go back to ask officials who oversee the maintenance of said documents to move theirs to the top of the heap when it's convenient. Imagine the chaos this would create for the unfortunate souls responsible for confidential documents. Nothing would get done! Who is disengous now?! these candidates know how things work and for them to make false statements like this to disgrace a candidate is disgraceful in itself. Obama and whom ever levels these claims is irresponsible and cowardice. Hillary is truly the only person qualified for the job of President of the United States. Vote Hillary!!

  • Posted By: PatrynXX @ 11/05/2007 4:02:22 PM

    Well hillary isn't Bill. Bill was a great president. But I'm tired of batting the same old baseball back and forth. We've had Bush's and Clinton's in the White House for the past 27 years, not sure if making that to 30 plus years will be great for the country. That and I don't entirely see much difference in direction between Hillary and George Bush.

    • Posted By: Rome0608 @ 11/05/2007 10:59:39 PM

      What an irresponsible comment!!! There is no difference?

      • Posted By: hoopes_az @ 11/06/2007 12:01:34 PM

        What about that comment is irresponsible?

  • Posted By: SuzPas76 @ 11/05/2007 3:25:34 PM

    Regardless of his banter here or elsewhere - Obama is our next president. You might want to watch what you say here and keep that in mind. As far as Hilary goes; are you serious? She can't stand firm on any decision she makes and is riding on her husbands coat tails. She shouldn't make president just because she is Bill Clintons wife. It will never happen - The US is smarter than that.

    • Posted By: mellieblu @ 11/06/2007 10:19:14 AM

      Oh my! Watch what I say here and keep that in mind?? What are you doing? Why would you make a threatening comment like that on a Newsweek board? And what is that supposed to mean. Who's going to do what to me if I don't watch what I say here???

    • Posted By: RICKYR @ 11/05/2007 4:55:25 PM

      AND YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO WONT PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS HEART FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGENCE,CAN SOMEONE SAY POTENTIAL THREAT....DUH

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