Hillary to Troops: Support for War Fading

NewsMax.com ^ | 11/29/03 | "With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff"

[thesummerwind]

Moderator note: I know it's going to be tough, but, please watch the calls for violence against this creature.

In a demoralizing message to U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq, visiting New York Sen. Hillary Clinton told them that Americans back home are growing increasingly skeptical of President Bush's decision to send them into battle.

Describing two meetings with G.I.s over turkey dinners in Baghdad, Sen. Clinton told reporters later that soldiers wanted to know "how the people at home feel about what we are doing."

Clinton said she told the troops, "Americans are wholeheartedly proud of what you are doing but there are many questions at home about the (Bush) administration's policies."

She also suggested that the U.S. could eventually loose the war in Iraq, contending, "We have to exert all of our efforts militarily, but the outcome is not assured."

Despite her sour pronouncements, the former first lady insisted that the soldiers were just as glad to see her as they were President Bush, whose surprise visit less than 24-hours earlier was greeted with standing ovations.

"It's a positive for the commander-in-chief to visit troops in the field," Clinton told reporters, adding, "the troops [also] seemed to appreciate seeing myself."

Speaking from a secure location just over the Kuwaiti border, Mrs. Clinton launched one verbal salvo after another at the White House, arguing that Bush officials had been "obsessed" with getting Saddam Hussein and saying the perception blinded them to the difficulties of deposing his regime.

"The Pentagon tried to make do with as few troops as possible, as light a footprint as they could get away with," Clinton said. "Now, we're playing catchup . . . Unfortunately, I don't think they fully appreciated the conditions we would encounter."

The top Democrat also reprised her charge that the White House is being less than candid when it comes to apprising the American people of the costs of the war.

"The obstacles and problems here are much greater than the administration usually admits to," she said, adding, "Everybody has to be honest."

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[Chad Fairbanks]

Maybe a pic of Hillary straddling an Iraqi Ainti-Aircraft gun? ;0)

[alrea]

can you say twin towers?

[Helms]

Her Party is being decimated little by little, step by step, by Karl Rove and GWB and it won't come soon enough.
Take heart in knowing that come 11/04 we will have picked up additional seats in Congress and GWB will have an additional four(4) years. I suspect she is just hoping to be reelected in 06. Either Patacki or Guliani will end the aberration that is this sociopathic -itch.

[Paul Atreides]

Maybe a pic of Hillary straddling an Iraqi Ainti-Aircraft gun?

Maybe a pic of Hillary straddling an Iraqi

[Lijahsbubbe]

We've come a long way, baby.

[Liberty Valance]

Hillary! needs to be fired...in a friendly sort of way.
Isn't there a law concerning aid and comfort to the enemy?

W'04 - now more than ever

[visualops]

Good God Almighty I cannot believe that woman!!
Sheesh how can you be so incredibly selve-serving as to say crap like that?!?!!??
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, HILLARY.

[Paul Atreides]

Notice how the Bushes actually touch each other. Contrast that to the Demons from Dogpatch.

[Mo1]

We had Hanoi Jane, now we have Hag-dad Hillary

Perfect .. it fits!!

[Mr. Mojo]

the former first lady insisted that the soldiers were just as glad to see her as they were President Bush

But she's not campaigning, right? (And if you believe that......)

[Calpernia]

"Why can't WE hold her accountable? Why can't we file charges?"

>>>>I don't know. Perhaps we can. It would take someone with a lot more legal knowledge than I have to answer that.

I've sent this out in quite a few places to find out. I will ping you to the answer when I find out.

[DollyCali]

I don't believe that she ever reads any e-mail; her screeners most likely dump it all. I know neither she nor her staff respond to any I've ever sent. The website and e-mail she has is a phony as she.

I have found that letters to the editor do a good job.. lets EVERYONE know.. if you write it "nice" enough so the eds will publish

[Mia T]

"the troops [also] seemed to appreciate seeing myself."

"[M]yself?"
Is this an accurate quote?
The putative smartest woman in the world's use of the reflexive pronoun is, at best, illiterate... and at worst, stupid, as it serves to underscore the implausibility of the event.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ewwww....

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LOL - yeah, something like that. : ) (Though just her ugly self, surrounded by deadpan/frowning troops - which is just about all I've seen at this point - would do it. Jane can do the straddling.)

[truthkeeper]

I hate to be crude, but it is beyond my comprehension why anyone even listens to what this POS woman has to say. Her comments during wartime are hideous to say the least, and that's being generous.

[Semi Civil Servant]

If Senator Skank wants to bad-mouth the President's Iraq policies over here, fine. But to do it in front of the troops is beyond despicable. The Republicans in the Senate need to address the tu#& dumped on the dinner table by this bi^#%.

If I controlled the RNC, I'd be running an ad saying "Bush went to Iraq to build up morale. Democrat Senator Clinton went to Iraq to tear it down. Remember that went you vote next year."

Hellary makes me puke.

[ThirstyMan]

"the troops [also] seemed to appreciate seeing myself."

Bad grammer or narcissism?
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YES!!! You hit the nail on the head!!! Only it is BOTH!!!

Bad grammar AND Narcissism.

def'n for the record: narcissism, n. self love, excessive interest in oneself.

[Mia T]

Did you test out the kinetics in Internet Explorer? Did it work for you? ( I am able to test it only on Mac OS.)

[Chad Fairbanks]

I hope someone got this on video or audio. Would make a great ad against the Rat's treason... If anyone sees it out there, let me know and I'll make a video for that purpose...