LOL! What a joke.
In that speech, she called abortion a "sad, even tragic choice" and said her husband's administration had done a great deal to reduce the number of abortions in the United States
Someone here needs to research that claim!
Posted on 07/13/2005 1:32:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - Former President Clinton, defending his senator-wife's statements on abortion, said Wednesday that Democrats are held to a double standard.
The comment came during remarks to Campus Progress, a left-leaning student group. He said young people in his party should speak directly to conservative voters.
He contended that Republicans have defined the abortion debate in a way that boxes in Democrats.
"So for example, if you're a Democrat and you have sort of normal impulses, you're a sellout, like when Hillary said abortion is a tragedy for virtually everybody who undergoes it, we ought to do all we can to reduce abortion," Clinton said.
"All of a sudden," he continued, the media began asking, "'Is she selling out? Is she abandoning her principles?' But if John McCain, who's pro-life, works with Hillary on global warming, he's a man of principle moving to the middle."
"It's nuts," the former president said.
A speech by Sen. Clinton in January in Albany, N.Y., led to a flurry of speculation that she was shifting slightly to the right. In that speech, she called abortion a "sad, even tragic choice" and said her husband's administration had done a great deal to reduce the number of abortions in the United States.
Conservatives and abortion-rights foes portrayed the speech as a sign that she was edging toward the middle with an eye toward the 2008 presidential campaign. Her supporters, however, said she was simply repeating positions she had stated since her 2000 campaign for the Senate.
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This man wants to get back in the Lincoln Bedroom soooo badly!
"Abortion is a great tragedy and I fully support it." -- it's an insane comment, but Democrats say it all the time.
Have you noticed he is constantly speaking for her like she can't speak for herself? Cany you imagine if she WERE the president and he would be speaking for her and what she means by this and that?!
B-A-A-A-R-R-F-F-F
"So for example, if you're a Democrat and you have sort of normal impulses, you're a sellout, like when Hillary said abortion is a tragedy for virtually everybody who undergoes it, we ought to do all we can to reduce abortion," Clinton said.One would have to be believable to be a sellout. There's no way that I believe Hillary to be even remotely pro-life, much less "normal."
Why is it that everytime I hear or see something about a Clinton, I immediately need an aspirin and a shower?
So when Republicans say we needed to go into Iraq but regret the loss of innocent life, Nancy Pelosi and company say "Well of course, we know that" as opposed to comparing Bush to Hitler?
What Clinton is saying is that since the libs FEEL BAD about it, they shouldn't be held accountable for murdering children. Oh, ok, sure, Bill.
At this point I think it's a good thing he keeps yapping. His schtick plays to the robots but the rest of us are sooooo tired of him. He's like a lounge lizard who's there and dying to talk to anyone no matter what time of day or night you go in for a quick drink.
I dunno. Somehow, I think Bill Clinton would do himself a favor by avoiding any reference at all to impulses, normal or otherwise.
LOL! What a joke.
In that speech, she called abortion a "sad, even tragic choice" and said her husband's administration had done a great deal to reduce the number of abortions in the United States
Someone here needs to research that claim!
Wrong again, Slickster. We still know he's just a RINO. However, you might want to talk to your bought-and-paid-for media about their favorite "Republican".
He's smarter than that. He knows that the media and the rest of the wacko left want her to celebrate the murder of babies right along with them. If she evidences any difference from that lockstep view then some of the democrat constituency might see that the abortion emperor has no clothes and really is murder.
Now that he has nothing to do he is running her campaign. This is going to be good. I bet you she is going to regret this. Okay Okay I'm having pipe dreams again about her losing the Senate!
He would be Secretary of State, and that is something that we had best think about.
Whenever Bill starts talking about "normal impulses", you had better make sure that your wives and daughters carry a gun or next he will be saying, "You better put some ice on that."
Yes. You're either taking life or preserving it. But coming from a man who evidently read the Bible looking for loopholes, I'm not exactly surprised.
Asprin most of the time for me and barf bags!
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