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Planting Her Flag. Hillary Clinton is carefully positioning herself as a hawkish centrist
NewsWeek ^ | 7/29/05 | Eleanor Clift

Posted on 07/31/2005 12:01:51 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection

Hillary Clinton wants to be the darling of the left and the candidate of the center, and why not? More than any other Democrat, save one—her husband—she knows what it takes to win, and she fully and completely comprehends the opposition.

Liberals went ballistic this week when Clinton called for a ceasefire among Democrats at a much ballyhooed appearance before the DLC, the centrist Democratic Leadership Council that helped elect her husband president. Clinton’s “Rodney King Moment,” is all about 2008, says a former John Kerry adviser: “What she’s saying is, ‘Why can’t we all get along and support me?’”

Clinton didn’t single out liberals, and her intent might have been more ecumenical in urging all wings of the party to turn their guns on the “hard-right ideology in Washington” instead of each other. But her presence at the DLC convention in Columbus, Ohio, spoke volumes. It said to the left that this is where she is planting her flag for the presidential race. And what she’s doing now is taking care of whatever perceived weaknesses she has, as well as those of the Democratic Party. She shouldn’t trim her principles, but she has the leeway to defy the liberal stereotypes. As a progressive in a country where half or more of voters are reflexively conservative, she has to find ideas that surprise people and grab their attention if she’s going to break through as a national candidate.

This kind of intraparty warfare is familiar ground for Democrats. Hillary’s comments were almost identical to the sentiments Bill Clinton voiced some 15 years ago at a DLC event when there was a dispute with the Democratic National Committee. Having the vast left-wing conspiracy after you isn’t a bad thing in a political climate where the liberal label is problematic.....

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To: Zacs Mom

Not that I can imagine Hillary getting sweet with men...


21 posted on 07/31/2005 12:26:30 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection (I urge Roberts to support all sections of the Constitution which uphold abortion)
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To: EagleUSA

yup , Sir Edmund Hillary Clinton can't speak the truth and won't tell the truth about even things like her parents naming her!!!!! Most American voters sadly don't know this about her,they may sense something is amiss,though


22 posted on 07/31/2005 12:26:35 PM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: international american

Elanor still has her knee pads from her service to x42.


23 posted on 07/31/2005 12:27:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Read 'Dereliction of Duty' and find out how she feels about anything remotely associated with the military. The book should be a "must read" for anyone even THINKING about voting for Hillary Clinton.


24 posted on 07/31/2005 12:29:03 PM PDT by Maria S
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To: kittymyrib

Hillary is a very very real threat and the thought of her as president makes me sick equally as much as the dodged bullet of sKerry almost winning. My hope for all our sakes is that you're right in thinking red-staters won't be fooled. What makes it scary is that a majority of Americans still absorb the BS coming out of the MSM. We all know that Hillary will have complete domination with the MSM to her advantage. On a positive note however, Americans are flocking towards Foxnews and "The New Media"(i.e. FR) in droves.


25 posted on 07/31/2005 12:29:39 PM PDT by diverteach
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To: StoneGiant
Hillary's Record:

missing thesis, cattle futures, Arkansas Finance and Development Authority, afda, arkansas mafia, whitewater, rose law firm, arkancide,jocelyn elders, craig livingstone,missing billing records, fbi files, vince foster, billy dale,travelgate,old crusty, no eye contact, condom christmas tree,flying ashtray, "F-" J-" "B-" . . .

and most of all:

"We are going to take things away from you for the common good"

26 posted on 07/31/2005 12:30:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: digger48
I hate Hillary Clinton

...and the horse she rode in on.

27 posted on 07/31/2005 12:33:06 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Memos on Bush Are Fake but Accurate". NYTimes)
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To: BenLurkin

You need to be alerted on every Hillary thread


28 posted on 07/31/2005 12:33:55 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection (I urge Roberts to support all sections of the Constitution which uphold abortion)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

That's not her horse,

It's her ASS!


29 posted on 07/31/2005 12:34:35 PM PDT by digger48
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To: BenLurkin

ROTF.......er ...uh...literally : )


30 posted on 07/31/2005 12:38:09 PM PDT by international american (Tagline now flameproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Hillary is as phony as they comes but she has a very good chance of becoming our next president, very scary.


31 posted on 07/31/2005 12:40:19 PM PDT by doc
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To: Maria S
Bingo, you are exactly right. She loathes our military. This is not the only reason that this woman should NEVER be elected President, but democratic administrations do not have a history of being friendly to our military.
32 posted on 07/31/2005 12:48:15 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (As long as Dean's the head of the D-N-C, it just looks better for the G-O-P!!)
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To: doc

Why does she have a good opportunity?


33 posted on 07/31/2005 12:48:53 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection (I urge Roberts to support all sections of the Constitution which uphold abortion)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
The Hildabeaste's most fundamental essence summed up in one sentence:
"Why can't we all get along and support me?"
God help us!
34 posted on 07/31/2005 12:49:41 PM PDT by upchuck ("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Jeff Head

It must be that mutt face of hers


35 posted on 07/31/2005 12:50:32 PM PDT by 359Henrie
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To: BenLurkin
and most of all:

"We are going to take things away from you for the common good"








36 posted on 07/31/2005 12:53:05 PM PDT by StoneGiant (Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Even Juan Williams said it isn't inevitable she'll get the nomination. I think she'll be sabotaged by the other candidates from her own party, as another "inevitable heir apparent" Gary Hart probably was in 1988 (maybe Dukakis?).


37 posted on 07/31/2005 12:56:50 PM PDT by BonnieJ
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To: BonnieJ
One must employ common sense, she literally owns the damn party, hell yes they will support her. Regardless of how the voters react, consider the power the Clintons command from the sidelines
38 posted on 07/31/2005 1:02:51 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection (I urge Roberts to support all sections of the Constitution which uphold abortion)
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To: All

39 posted on 07/31/2005 1:08:17 PM PDT by Old Seadog (Always do more than is expected of you and someday... it will be expected of you.)
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To: EagleUSA

Now that is classic.....I like that.....you should use that for your tag line.....lololol


40 posted on 07/31/2005 1:17:15 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have a ? for the libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own dope, plant a lib")
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