Mahatma Gandhi - The Man, The Myth, The Gas Station Attendant by Hillary Clinton

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[Sub-Driver]

Mahatma Gandhi - The Man, The Myth, The Gas Station Attendant by Hillary Clinton 1/7/2004 - Marni Malarkey

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Senator Hillary Clinton has apologized if a comment she is reported to have made at an event on Saturday offended anyone, but has said she was "misquoted by the vast rightwing conspiracy in the press."

The New York Democrat made the remark at a fund-raiser in St Louis, during which she allegedly introduced a quote from Mahatma Gandhi by saying: "You all know Gandhi. He ran a gas station down in St Louis." Americans of South Asian descent have protested Senator Clinton's words, saying they play into unfair racial stereotypes, in particular the notion that certain immigrants necessarily always run petrol stations.

But Senator Clinton, speaking this morning on Good Morning America, said that while she was upset if the reports about her comments hurt anyone, she in fact was "slandered and misquoted by the same vast rightwing conspiracy that tried to run my husband out of office. You know my husband, don't you? That man who is so devoted to me, and to whom I am so devoted? Him. It's those same media rightwing sleazeballs that rule the airwaves that made this up. I never said Gandhi ran a gas station.What I said was, 'you all know Gandhi. He ran a convenience store down in St. Louis.' Because let's face it. Those people pretty much run all the corner stores in the damn country. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I mean, if it weren't for them, where else would you get a Malted or a Slurpy or even some porn at 3 in the morning? Nowhere."

[LN2Campy]

You know, if she's going to engage in ethnic stereotyping, she ought to at least get it right. The gas stations are run by PAKISTANIS. Indians run the hot-sheet motels.

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah, I heard that too on WLS.

Don Wade rocks!

Did you catch where they were going over her apology and pointing out that Hillary was 'sorry' if WE the people that heard her say this, misinterpreted what she said.

She wasn't sorry for what she said, she was sorry that WE would think she was saying something wrong and disrespectful.

[Mia T]

No I haven't. Would make good use of it tho... pls let me know if it surfaces. thx.

Never the Twain Shall Meet
Does hillary clinton do ethnic jokes/slurs or doesn't she?_ping

[tractorman]

You’re right about Don Wade, he’s the man! I listen to him and Roma every morning on the way to work and Roe and Gary on the way home. What a hoot!

I can’t figure out which was lamer: her attempt at humor or her appology.

[OXENinFLA]

I use to live up in IL, the only way I can listen to WLS now is at work on the net.

It stinks I only get an hour of Roe and Gary.

[Carolinamom]

Despite her I'm-just-one-of-the-guys horse laugh, Hillary does not have a sense of humor. This "smartest woman in the world" has a tin/lead ear.

[Ann Archy]

HUMOR POLICE ALERT!!! Not funny..I didn't even get the damn joke.

[Ann Archy]

Carl Limbacher was on MSNBC this AM and showed the pathetic clip. Her voice is soooooo grating.

[ErnBatavia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1053200/posts?page=16#16

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[johnny7]

Rodham is about as funny as a baby coffin. Her eyes give her away.

[tuckrdout]

Didn't she actually call Ghandi, "Mahat Magandi", mispronouncing his name?

[tuckrdout]

This is a funny article! ROTFLMAO!!

[doug from upland]

SING FOR THE MAHATMA

[tractorman]

I don’t get where this “smartest woman in the world” stuff comes from either.
What has she done to earn this moniker?

[Delta 21]

Would you like a squishy with that?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Record Hardball tonight. It'll repeat, too. It's there. The whole thing. She's such an awful comedian and an even stupider politician.

[Mia T]

thx. Just saw it on hardball. Truly pathetic. The creature is utterly clueless. Seems even democrat politicos are astounded by her stupidity.

[76834]

Re Hillary:
She aint got no boobs, probly the reason she married one.

Re Gandhi:
Have always wondered why a man would want to drink his own piss

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic was posted 1/7/2004. Thanks Sub-Driver. Here's a related, but new, topic: How Hillary Clinton won the 2014 midterms (desperate media spin alert).