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American Spectator ^
| 12/01/03
| The Prowler
Posted on 11/30/2003 9:14:16 PM PST by Pokey78
LEFTOVERS
While President George W. Bush was embraced warmly by the more than 600 troops he served dinner to in Baghdad on Thanksgiving, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get the same treatment.
In fact so few U.S. military personnel volunteered to meet and sit with her, that military leaders in Baghdad had to designate enlisted personnel and junior officers to spend time with the New York senator.
"The meetings with [Iraqi administrator Paul] Bremer went fine, but we weren't finding a lot of takers on meeting with Clinton and [Rhode Island Democratic senator Jack] Reed," says an American staffer in Baghdad. "Maybe there weren't a lot of New Yorkers in the area."
If Clinton was aware of her seemingly unpopularity, she didn't seem to care. Almost immediately after landing in Iraq, she began bad-mouthing the Bush administration to the military personnel she met, telling them that while America supported the troops, there were questions about the Bush administration's approach.
"To these men and women over here, it is the same thing," says the U.S. official. "Her husband didn't get it and she obviously hasn't learned. These men and women over here are America. They are the policy. For her to say what she said was just misguided."
SICK LEAVE
It wasn't just the military having troubles rounding up cooperative folks for Democrats. Leading up to the final votes on the Medicare reform legislation, Democrats weren't able to draw on the natural pool of vocal protesters to Republicans attempts to change the program. That's because the AARP had signed off on the bill and was running ads supporting it.
So the Democrats had to use organized labor for the protests, even though many of those union members who appeared at rallies with such Democrats as Sen. Tom Daschle and Sen. Ted Kennedy weren't old enough or hadn't qualified for Medicare yet -- no Gray Panthers here! According to one Democratic leadership aide, some protesters were being paid by the unions they belonged to to make up for lost wages because they took time off from work to help out their Democratic friends.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aarp; hillary; tokyohillary
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posted on
11/30/2003 9:14:17 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
In fact so few U.S. military personnel volunteered to meet and sit with her, that military leaders in Baghdad had to designate enlisted personnel and junior officers to spend time with the New York senator. "Yo, Corporal Grabasst! You get first choice, latrine duty or dinner with Hillary Clinton. Right! OK, Private Schmedlap, I guess it's dinnertime for you..."
To: Pokey78
Almost immediately after landing in Iraq, she began bad-mouthing the Bush administration to the military personnelWhat a clueless, clueless, CLUELESS moron. Yes, clueless.
To: Pokey78
LOL, first they have to order soldiers to be with Hillary (no wonder those guys looked so sour in the photos) and they they had to pay protesters just like Saddam.
No wonder the democrats don't support the war in Iraq, they recognize a soul mate in Saddam.
To: KellyAdmirer
What a clueless, clueless, CLUELESS moron. Yes, clueless
Bingo!! A lot of those troops that are serving extended deployments still miss the two Divisions that her husband cut.
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posted on
11/30/2003 9:27:06 PM PST
by
armymarinemom
(I Rocked the Cradle of Death from Above)
To: Pokey78; Billthedrill
In fact so few U.S. military personnel volunteered to meet and sit with her, that military leaders in Baghdad had to designate enlisted personnel and junior officers to spend time with the New York senator.It's one thing to ask them to risk their lives, but...
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posted on
11/30/2003 10:00:06 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(www.terrisfight.org)
To: Pokey78
Kinda like tying a steak around my neck to get the dog to play with me.
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posted on
11/30/2003 10:03:21 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(is it vietnam yet ?)
To: Pokey78
According to one Democratic leadership aide, some protesters were being paid by the unions they belonged to to make up for lost wages because they took time off from work to help out their Democratic friends. Is that legal?
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posted on
11/30/2003 10:05:54 PM PST
by
Mo1
To: stylin19a
Gotta tie a pork chop around her neck just to get the dogs to 1: come when she calls. 2: lick her face. 3:to pay attention. 4:..have at it!
To: Billthedrill
I honestly think that was pretty much what happened, in some form or another.
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posted on
11/30/2003 10:18:05 PM PST
by
Mortimer Snavely
(Comitas, Humanitas, Gravitas, Firmitas, Industria)
To: Pokey78
I would have refused that order; and then demanded a Court Martial instead of an Article 15.
I would have loved for the press to have gotten ahold of that one. "Military tries soldier for refusing to eat with Hitlary."
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posted on
11/30/2003 10:44:33 PM PST
by
clee1
(Where's the beef???)
To: Pokey78
In fact so few U.S. military personnel volunteered to meet and sit with her, that military leaders in Baghdad had to designate enlisted personnel and junior officers to spend time with the New York senator.Well why would they want to meet with this woman who had terrorists pardoned (FALN) by her husband so she could buy votes for her Senate campaign? That would be like Viet vets being forced to meet Jane Fonda and pretend everything is hunky dory.
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posted on
11/30/2003 11:00:52 PM PST
by
metalboy
(I`m still waiting for the mass protests against Al Qaida and Saddam)
To: Pokey78
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posted on
12/01/2003 1:01:41 AM PST
by
RJayneJ
To: Pokey78
"Maybe there weren't a lot of New Yorkers in the area."
This is an insult to us New Yorkers, #1 she aint from N.Y. and even if she was we wouldn't eat with her.#2 We saw her husbands policy on how to deal with terrorism more than anybody else in this country.
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posted on
12/01/2003 1:11:02 AM PST
by
longfellow
(www.ROCKSOUPSTUDIOS.com)
To: McGavin999
they have to order soldiers to be with Hillary That's nothing new. Hil's mom used to have to tie a porkchop around her neck to get the dog to play with her.
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posted on
12/01/2003 2:16:32 AM PST
by
tbpiper
To: armymarinemom
Bingo!! A lot of those troops that are serving extended deployments still miss the two Divisions that her husband cut. But without eliminating those two Divisions, her husband couldn't claim to have "reduced the size of government"... Kick those minor issues down the road to the next guy: that's the Clinton way!
To: Pokey78; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
While President George W. Bush was embraced warmly by the more than 600 troops he served dinner to in Baghdad on Thanksgiving, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't get the same treatment. In fact so few U.S. military personnel volunteered to meet and sit with her, that military leaders in Baghdad had to designate enlisted personnel and junior officers to spend time with the New York senator.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:11:10 AM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
This. Is. RICH!!!
"I need some volunteers to sit with Sen. Clinton during dinner. You, You and YOU!!"
BWAHAHAHAHA!!
Prairie
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:32:36 AM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(Brought to you by The American Democratic Party, also known as Al Qaeda, Western Division.)
To: prairiebreeze
"They were happy to see myself"
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:36:56 AM PST
by
Carolina
To: Carolina
Its the Baghdad Hag at her finest hour
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:40:09 AM PST
by
boxerblues
(If you can read this.. Thank a Teacher..If you can read this in English ..Thank a US Soldier)
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