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.
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.
Oh man, that was wrong.
I can see the cats running after her.
Run "away", I hope....
Better than Alfred E. Stalin...
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.
What isn't funny is Socialists and Communists in high office. Let's focus on ridding ourselves of them.
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.
Ms-s-s-s Clnton: Please go a-w-a-y
Is Hillary Clinton the best person in New York to be Senator? Something has gone real wrong!
The real Hillary can't hide for long, can she? She just can't help herself.
It's the "mascot" if you will of Mad Magazine.
Sen Clinton is evidently still on the steep part of the learning curve for Statesman 101.
"Aspen Ideas Festival, organized by the Aspen Institute, a non-partisan think tank."
Thirty years ago perhaps it was non-partisan.
I must not have been allowed to read it or it was before my time.
If I was the GOP honcho, I'd be reminding people of Vincent Foster, etc.
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.
Depends on how old you are. If you've ever seen MadTV, Mad Magazine is along that line.
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