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Republicans Blast Sen. Clinton's Comments
WINS News - AP ^ | 7/11/05 | MARC HUMBERT

Posted on 07/11/2005 10:24:17 AM PDT by areafiftyone

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Republicans took aim at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday for comparing President Bush to Mad magazine's freckle-faced, "What, me worry?" kid, Alfred E. Neuman.

A Republican National Committee official said the former first lady was "part of today's angry and adrift Democrat Party," while a spokesman for one of her potential 2006 Senate rivals said she was guilty of "insulting the president."

"At a time when President Bush and most elected officials are focused on the security of our nation, Mrs. Clinton seems focused on taking partisan jabs and promoting her presidential campaign," added New York's GOP chairman, Stephen Minarik. "Her priorities are clearly out of whack."

Clinton's attack on the president came Sunday during a speech in Colorado.

"I sometimes feel that Alfred E. Neuman is in charge in Washington," Clinton said during the inaugural Aspen Ideas Festival, organized by the Aspen Institute, a non-partisan think tank.

The former first lady drew a laugh from the crowd when she described Bush's attitude toward tough issues with Neuman's catch phrase: "What, me worry?"

As Clinton gears up for a Senate re-election race in New York next year and a possible White House presidential bid in 2008, her attacks on Bush have become sharper.

In her speech Sunday, she accused the president of damaging the economy by overspending while giving tax cuts to the rich, depriving U.S. soldiers of equipment needed to fight the war in Iraq and cutting funds for scientific research.

"Hillary Clinton's opportunistic attempt to market herself as a centrist is like a wolf dressing up in sheep's clothing," said RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt. "Such thinly veiled rhetoric doesn't change the fact she is part of today's angry and adrift Democrat Party."

Thomas Basile, a spokesman for potential Senate challenger Edward Cox, a son-in-law of the late President Nixon, said while Clinton was "busy insulting the president across the country, she is failing to produce the homeland security and transportation funding" the state needs.

Clinton has been accusing the Bush administration of providing inadequate funding for New York's security needs.

While national polls show the former first lady to be leading the pack among potential 2008 Democratic presidential contenders, Clinton has said she is too wrapped up in her Senate work and re-election effort to think about that.


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KEYWORDS: adhominem; alfredeneuman; hillary
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To: WakeUpAndVote


She's going to run..............


She should start off slow perhaps about a block or so until she works herself up to 2 miles a day. Running will really help her reduce those hips and thighs. Perhaps eating more fresh FISH will help get her to her target weight quicker. Glad to help, thanks.


61 posted on 07/11/2005 12:34:39 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)
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To: JohnD9207

Oh man, that was wrong.

I can see the cats running after her.


62 posted on 07/11/2005 12:47:46 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy since 1992!)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Run "away", I hope....


63 posted on 07/11/2005 12:50:39 PM PDT by wingsof liberty (Marines - the few, the proud, the best!!)
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To: areafiftyone

Better than Alfred E. Stalin...


64 posted on 07/11/2005 12:54:08 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: RazzPutin

I work with a bunch of people that think just like you posted. Just goes to show that just because one has a PhD, doesn't mean they are the brightest bulb.


65 posted on 07/11/2005 12:55:30 PM PDT by dc27
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To: areafiftyone
I hope the pubs don't work themselves into a lather over this. It was a joke. Who cares? Some people may have found it funny.

What isn't funny is Socialists and Communists in high office. Let's focus on ridding ourselves of them.

66 posted on 07/11/2005 1:01:11 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Oh man, that was wrong.

I can see the cats running after her
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What, Cats are useful as pacers...better than a rabbit at a Dod track.


67 posted on 07/11/2005 1:06:16 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (Lead...follow...or get the HELL out of the way!)
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To: areafiftyone

Ms-s-s-s Clnton: Please go a-w-a-y


68 posted on 07/11/2005 1:17:20 PM PDT by hardworking (Libs re terrorism and domestic abuse: "He'll stop hitting you if you are nicer to him")
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To: hardworking

Is Hillary Clinton the best person in New York to be Senator? Something has gone real wrong!


69 posted on 07/11/2005 1:32:11 PM PDT by Revererdrv
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To: Mo1

The real Hillary can't hide for long, can she? She just can't help herself.


70 posted on 07/11/2005 1:47:32 PM PDT by Peach
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To: areafiftyone
At least we don't have Larry Flint and his friends in the Whitehouse any longer.
71 posted on 07/11/2005 1:49:48 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Mo1
The insult is about 5 years old:


72 posted on 07/11/2005 2:08:29 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Whop-bobaloobop a WHOP BAM BOOM!!)
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To: Peach
The real Hillary can't hide for long, can she? She just can't help herself.


73 posted on 07/11/2005 2:12:37 PM PDT by henbane
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To: defconw

It's the "mascot" if you will of Mad Magazine.


74 posted on 07/11/2005 2:13:07 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Whop-bobaloobop a WHOP BAM BOOM!!)
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To: areafiftyone

Sen Clinton is evidently still on the steep part of the learning curve for Statesman 101.


75 posted on 07/11/2005 2:14:12 PM PDT by RightWhale (withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
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To: areafiftyone

"Aspen Ideas Festival, organized by the Aspen Institute, a non-partisan think tank."

Thirty years ago perhaps it was non-partisan.


76 posted on 07/11/2005 2:16:43 PM PDT by geopyg ("It's not that liberals don't know much, it's just that what they know just ain't so." (~ R. Reagan))
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To: BigSkyFreeper

I must not have been allowed to read it or it was before my time.


77 posted on 07/11/2005 2:17:04 PM PDT by defconw (ALLEN IN 08)
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To: areafiftyone
Why can't these Pubbies call a spade a spade instead of releasing these feckless statements?

If I was the GOP honcho, I'd be reminding people of Vincent Foster, etc.

78 posted on 07/11/2005 2:18:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Mo1
But does the Senator realize that NY is not the ONLY state in this country?

She doesn't care about the other 49 states. Beyond that, I have no clue why people are up in arms over her comments about President Bush. It's par for the course for her, and the Democrat party.

79 posted on 07/11/2005 2:18:34 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Whop-bobaloobop a WHOP BAM BOOM!!)
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To: defconw

Depends on how old you are. If you've ever seen MadTV, Mad Magazine is along that line.


80 posted on 07/11/2005 2:20:18 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Whop-bobaloobop a WHOP BAM BOOM!!)
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