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Clinton: 'This campaign isn't going to be about me'
The Hill ^ | April 27, 2015 | Ben Kamisar

Posted on 04/27/2015 6:28:50 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Hillary Clinton rounded up her first campaign swing with an op-ed in a top Iowa newspaper in which she emphasized her campaign’s commitments to regular Americans and echoed the progressive platform she’s been touting on the campaign trail.

“Americans have come back from tough economic times. But the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top,” she wrote in The Des Moines Register.

“Americans are working harder and getting more productive, but they aren't seeing the reward in their paychecks. So it's time to reshuffle the deck and deal a better hand to the middle class.”

Clinton’s op-ed summarized the main message of her campaign by mentioning stories from a handful of Iowans she met with by name. That strategy seeks to take the emphasis off her political celebrity in favor of more personalized discussions with voters.

“When I came to Iowa, I wanted to do something a little different. No big speeches or rallies. Just talking directly with everyday Iowans,” she wrote.

“Because this campaign isn't going to be about me, it's going to be about Iowans and people across our country who are ready for a better future.”

“You are the reason I got into this race and I will work my heart out to earn your votes.”

She also reemphasized her four “big fights,” the campaign pillars that she began to tease on the trip, which include bolstering the economy, strengthening families, reforming campaign finance laws, and protecting the country from threats.

After her announcement in early April, she immediately took off for Iowa and then New Hampshire for a series of smaller-scale meetings with voters. Clinton is expected to hold a larger campaign kickoff in the next few months.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016; butcherofbenghazi; clinton; clintoncash; drunkoldlesbian; hillary; miraclewhip; washedupoldhag
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1 posted on 04/27/2015 6:28:50 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Now that’s funny!


2 posted on 04/27/2015 6:29:31 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

...Because YOU won’t be in it..............


3 posted on 04/27/2015 6:31:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

[Because this campaign isn’t going to be about me]

Isn’t that what political campaigns are all about?


4 posted on 04/27/2015 6:32:18 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“I will work my heart out to earn your votes.”

it would take a team of very expert specialists to even find ....something remotely resembling a heart in that woman’s carcass.


5 posted on 04/27/2015 6:32:19 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Her "agenda" will be whatever they think their audience wants to hear:

From Hillary's Campaign Chair, John Podesta:

John Podesta @johnpodesta Helping working families succeed, building small businesses, tackling climate change & clean energy. Top of the agenda. #Hillary2016 3:45 PM - 12 Apr 2015

6 posted on 04/27/2015 6:33:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Red Badger
Amen and Amen

5-4-3-2-1...


7 posted on 04/27/2015 6:33:59 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She needs to be in jail, not the White House....


8 posted on 04/27/2015 6:34:47 AM PDT by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Translation .......

All of my advisers are saying ... if this campaign is about me ....... I LOSE!

9 posted on 04/27/2015 6:35:18 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Phew! That reeks.

In a word-------->painful.

10 posted on 04/27/2015 6:35:31 AM PDT by JPG (Lefty reporters doing battle with Sen. Cruz will continue to be chewed-up and spit-out.)
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After Hillary's "I'm In" announcement, she immediately took off for a series of smaller-scale meetings with voters.

Hillary arrives in designer dress patterned after crack house wallpaper.

Will receive the coveted Gold-plated Knitting Needles statuette:
Cited as the Democrat candidate "Most Likely to Unravel."

11 posted on 04/27/2015 6:35:38 AM PDT by Liz (Another Clinton administration? Are you nuts?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

She will have been done in by her own greed and hate..................


12 posted on 04/27/2015 6:36:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She’s right. She’ll make it about those evil Republicans … talking about her, bashing her policies, making up scandals, etc.


13 posted on 04/27/2015 6:36:37 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She wants to skip the campaign and the election and go straight to the coronation.


14 posted on 04/27/2015 6:36:38 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: headstamp 2; All
"“Americans have come back from tough economic times. But the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top,” [Mrs. Clinton] wrote in The Des Moines Register."

April 26, 2015: Fleeing Hillary: Top Dem money man departs because Clinton hasn’t answered ethics questions

"A top Democratic moneyman recruited by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign has put fundraising activities on hold, saying he can’t do it with a clear conscience because the former secretary of state has too many unanswered questions swirling around her........"

15 posted on 04/27/2015 6:39:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I’m curious to see what Sick Willie does if it appears HELLry will FINALLY be indicted.

Will Sick Willie defend her/it or will he embrace his inner selfishness and throw her/it under the bus?

Enquiring minds want to know...


16 posted on 04/27/2015 6:39:34 AM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

... she said desperately


17 posted on 04/27/2015 6:39:56 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (I love it when we're Cruz'in together)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Yes Hillary, it is about you.

You can talk about the "issues" all you want, but when you have the reputation as a back-stabbing, prevaricating liar, you will never shake it.

18 posted on 04/27/2015 6:40:18 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Da ho doesn’t want it to be about her criminal arse. The worse thing you can do is “vet” these commie bass turds ike Hillary and Barry. They both should be in prison, NOT THE GOVERNMENT.


19 posted on 04/27/2015 6:41:30 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hillary and the Ghosts of Nixons Past. An American Nightmare.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She hopes not.


20 posted on 04/27/2015 6:42:13 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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