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Mahatma Gandhi - The Man, The Myth, The Gas Station Attendant by Hillary Clinton
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Posted on 01/07/2004 5:38:04 AM PST by 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."
TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; gandhi; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillarysgandhijoke; hillarytruthfile; hitlery; mahatmagandhi; missouri; mohandasgandhi; slur; stlouis
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To: Sub-Driver
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.
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posted on
01/07/2004 6:48:15 AM PST
by
LN2Campy
To: tractorman
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.
To: m1-lightning
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posted on
01/07/2004 6:51:07 AM PST
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
To: OXENinFLA
Youre right about Don Wade, hes 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 cant figure out which was lamer: her attempt at humor or her appology.
To: tractorman
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.
To: tractorman
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.
To: Dallas59
HUMOR POLICE ALERT!!! Not funny..I didn't even get the damn joke.
To: OXENinFLA
Carl Limbacher was on MSNBC this AM and showed the pathetic clip. Her voice is soooooo grating.
To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:32:58 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Some days you're the windshield; some days you're the bug)
To: ErnBatavia
btt
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:36:28 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Carolinamom
Rodham is about as funny as a baby coffin. Her eyes give her away.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:40:39 AM PST
by
johnny7
(“If you are being murdered, raped or molested... please hold... ”)
To: Sub-Driver
Didn't she actually call Ghandi, "Mahat Magandi", mispronouncing his name?
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posted on
01/07/2004 11:57:56 AM PST
by
tuckrdout
(Terri Schindler Schiavo deserves to have her wishes honored. Give her a divorce!)
To: Sub-Driver
This is a funny article! ROTFLMAO!!
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:00:32 PM PST
by
tuckrdout
(Terri Schindler Schiavo deserves to have her wishes honored. Give her a divorce!)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:05:21 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
To: Carolinamom
I dont get where this smartest woman in the world stuff comes from either.
What has she done to earn this moniker?
To: Sub-Driver
Would you like a squishy with that?
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posted on
01/07/2004 12:59:42 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG-ret)
To: Mia T
Record Hardball tonight. It'll repeat, too. It's there. The whole thing. She's such an awful comedian and an even stupider politician.
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posted on
01/07/2004 5:17:04 PM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
("Howard Dean is incontrovertible proof that God is on Bush's side in the 2004 election"- Dick Morris)
To: GraniteStateConservative
thx. Just saw it on hardball. Truly pathetic. The creature is utterly clueless. Seems even democrat politicos are astounded by her stupidity.
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posted on
01/07/2004 5:30:40 PM PST
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
To: ReleaseTheHounds
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
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posted on
01/07/2004 5:35:03 PM PST
by
76834
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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SunkenCiv
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