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Why Terry Gross Was a Mistake for Hillary Clinton (it was a devastating interview)
nationaljournal.com ^ | 6/13/2014 | Alex Seitz-Wald

Posted on 06/14/2014 6:22:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

On Wednesday, during a tense exchange lasting more than seven minutes, Gross asked Clinton 10 different ways about the evolution of her stance on gay marriage. But, unlike some recent TV interviews Clinton has given, the takeaway was not Gross's pointed inquiries, but the fact that they seemed to get under Clinton's skin, who snapped back at her interlocutor.

"You know, I really, I have to say, I think you're being very persistent, but you are playing with my words and playing with what is such an important issue," Clinton said after trying to put the issue to rest several times.

Gross, attempting to smooth tension with a chuckle, replied, "I'm just trying to clarify so I can understand ... "

But Clinton fired back, "No, I don't think you are trying to clarify. I think you're trying to say that I used to be opposed, and now I'm in favor, and I did it for political reasons, and that's just flat wrong. So let me just state what I feel like you are implying and repudiate it."

The moment was over soon after that, and the interview moved onto friendlier territory for another 30 minutes, but America Rising, the GOP opposition research group, had already clipped the audio and blasted it out online, eclipsing anything else Clinton had to say.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...


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To: Blue Highway
GAAAAAAA!!! just damn...
61 posted on 06/14/2014 8:34:25 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Blue Highway
it's WAAAAY too early for this...
62 posted on 06/14/2014 8:35:47 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: yldstrk
that teri gross thing...
63 posted on 06/14/2014 8:36:36 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: RoosterRedux

There was something very unusual about this interview.

Nobody from the left, or even the right, gets pushy with Hillary like that.

It seems the vast left wing conspiracy might be up to something.


64 posted on 06/14/2014 8:38:41 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: SoFloFreeper
It was even picked up by MSNBC...Hillary Clinton gets testy with Terry Gross over gay marriage ‘evolution’
65 posted on 06/14/2014 8:50:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Hillary won't be able to hide her nastiness. It's ingrained too deeply in her.

There were all kinds of stories about her when Bill was President. Whenever she entered the West Wing, everyone had to scramble into offices and cubes and stay out of sight until she left. No one was to make eye contact with her, and God help the person who spoke to her without being spoken to first.

66 posted on 06/14/2014 8:55:52 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: RoosterRedux
This has been a treeible for dead broke Hillary!

Why all this now?

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67 posted on 06/14/2014 9:07:13 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (There's no there there.)
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To: yldstrk

I have a hard time believing that the powers that be within the Democratic Party really want this tired, bitter old shrew to be their candidate.


68 posted on 06/14/2014 9:08:37 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: COUNTrecount

Someone like the National Enquirer could confirm this story by bribing Chelsea’s and Bill’s dental hygienist, barber, or manicurist for samples.


69 posted on 06/14/2014 9:16:25 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Exactly. Clinton is disliked by many, and inspiring to no one.

That doesn’t mean she won’t be President.

No white man is going to be nominated for President by the Democrats, which leaves only Elizabeth Warren. And Warren is far weaker than people think. Her “populism” is really only a negative, as it scares the rich donor side of the Democratic Party; the mass side of the Democratic Party (blacks, hispanics, whites who receive government paychecks or EITC) still doesn’t know or care about her. She will need to draw an inside straight of MASSIVE fundraising and somehow creating a mass base in 2015 to have a shot.

And in the general? Clinton comes in with a huge advantage. Nevada and Colorado are gone for Republicans because of the population shifts in favor of arrivals from the coasts and Hispanics. He or she would need to combine white working class vote plus lower black turnout to win four out of five of Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. The last time that happened was 1988, when Bush senior won all five states.


70 posted on 06/14/2014 9:18:33 AM PDT by only1percent
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To: A CA Guy

Maybe it was Terry Gross’s way of coming on to Hitlery and was rejected by not getting a straight (no pun intended) answer.


71 posted on 06/14/2014 9:43:42 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: A CA Guy

Terry Gross is really an intellectual who is very Liberal, rather than being a pro-Liberal hack journalist. Most of her shows are not dealing with politics or politicians.

She probably recognized that Hillary! was the sort of person who would be very pro-gay marriage, but had hidden that position from the public until it became politically viable to admit it. So Gross pointed that lack of integrity out, and it annoyed Satan’s minion.


72 posted on 06/14/2014 10:04:33 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Thanks. Glad to hear it.


73 posted on 06/14/2014 10:07:21 AM PDT by heye2monn (MO)
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To: yldstrk

Well, there’s one


74 posted on 06/14/2014 10:08:33 AM PDT by heye2monn (MO)
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To: RoosterRedux
I listen to Fresh Air all the time. Terry Gross is excellent and really does her homework.

LOL! And all this time I thought I was the only Freeper who listens to NPR.

75 posted on 06/14/2014 10:13:30 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: mylife

She definitely has the face for radio.


76 posted on 06/14/2014 10:50:43 AM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: bjorn14
Ohhh Yeah ☺ LOL
77 posted on 06/14/2014 10:59:01 AM PDT by mylife
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To: Drew68
When NPR gets political, I just turn them off and swear not to send them any money.

If they were smart, the would cut the liberal stuff. Donations would significantly increase.

I like their music and, particularly, Ira Flatow's Science Friday and, long ago, Dr Karl Haas' Adventures in Good Music (that was my favorite radio show ever).

78 posted on 06/14/2014 11:12:35 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: Blue Highway

Terry is happily married to a man, Frances Davis, who I believe is a jazz critic.


79 posted on 06/14/2014 11:15:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Could this be the equivalent of the Ted Kennedy Roger Mudd interview?
80 posted on 06/14/2014 11:24:32 AM PDT by aposiopetic
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