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Hillary Sees Bill's Allies Fall Away
NY Sun ^
| January 19, 2007
| JOSH GERSTEIN
Posted on 01/19/2007 4:35:23 AM PST by IrishMike
One of the biggest advantages Senator Clinton enjoys as she launches her presidential bid is the vast web of politically active Democrats who worked in the federal government under her husband, President Clinton. But not everyone who served during the Clinton years is promoting a reprise.
A handful of top Clinton administration officials and a smattering of lower-ranking ones have taken up with Mrs. Clinton's rivals for the Democratic nomination. Most cite pre-existing personal or professional loyalties. In some instances, however, the Democratic activists seem to have concluded that they will have more of an impact in the leaner ranks of a rival campaign than in the hierarchy of Mrs. Clinton's long-planned bid. And a former White House counsel to Mr. Clinton, Abner Mikva, told The New York Sun he thought the candidate he is backing, Senator Obama, has a better chance of winning than Mrs. Clinton does. The highest-ranking defectors include a political aide who shadowed Mr. Clinton for years and is advising Senator Dodd of Connecticut, Douglas Sosnik; a former secretary of commerce now backing Senator Obama of Illinois, William Daley, and a former chief of staff to Vice President Gore now in the camp of Senator Biden of Delaware, Ronald Klain.
"Most of the people have some sort of pre-existing connection or relationship," a former Clinton White House aide, Christopher Lehane, said. He said he doubted there were hard feelings in those circumstances, though there might be in cases where people had no obvious prior ties to one of Mrs. Clinton's rivals. "There are different gradations to all of this," Mr. Lehane added.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; bushdemocrats; clinton; congress; democrats; electionpresident; elections; hillaryclinton
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posted on
01/19/2007 4:35:26 AM PST
by
IrishMike
To: IrishMike
Really makes me wonder if some of these people from X42's inner circle are pulling away from hillary! because of her personal abrasiveness. I suspect these are people she has mistreated, abused, and cursed.
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posted on
01/19/2007 4:42:02 AM PST
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Alec Baldwin is not a real actor, but he plays one on TV.)
To: IrishMike
When these people get their late night visits to "review" their FBI files, they will be right back on board.
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posted on
01/19/2007 4:46:57 AM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Hegemony Cricket
I suspect these are people she has mistreated, abused, and cursed.
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That's a known fact as to the way she treats Bubba, imagine how her highness treats the pawns.
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posted on
01/19/2007 4:48:18 AM PST
by
IrishMike
(MORE SURGE, Moqtada Al Sadr needs killing.)
To: wagglebee
That's a fact. Bet you a beer there were more DRat FBI files than Repubs. You want to control your own, not the republican enemy.
I'm queen Rodham, stick with me, stay the course
........ OR ELSE !
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posted on
01/19/2007 4:51:49 AM PST
by
IrishMike
(MORE SURGE, Moqtada Al Sadr needs killing.)
To: IrishMike
That's a known fact as to the way she treats Bubba, imagine how her highness treats the pawns.I always marvelled at the professionalism and dedication of the SS guy she abused when he hesitated to be a luggage handler.
Most people would have gone down in History, under the circumstances.
I bet the guy still awakens at 3:00 AM, thinking about it.
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posted on
01/19/2007 4:53:33 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
To: IrishMike
How many "Hillary is in trouble,' "Hillary is toast," "Hillary can't possibly win," "Hillary is fading," "Nobody likes Hillary," "Obama is great," "Obama is wonderful," "Obama has "IT" just like JFK had 'IT'" stories are we going to have to suffer through so her Cankleness is the "underdog" and not subject to scrutiny?
If she had her preferences she wouldn't accept the nomination until a month before the election so she didn't have to answer any questions or give any details of her candidacy.
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posted on
01/19/2007 4:58:29 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
To: N. Theknow
How many "Hillary is in trouble,' "Hillary is toast," "Hillary can't possibly win," "Hillary is fading," "Nobody likes Hillary," "Obama is great," "Obama is wonderful," "Obama has "IT" just like JFK had 'IT'" stories are we going to have to suffer through so her Cankleness is the "underdog" and not subject to scrutiny?
Bingo! And then Herself, "Mrs. Comeback Kid", sweeps the nomination.
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posted on
01/19/2007 5:22:36 AM PST
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: IrishMike
Hillary will crush Obama like a bug.
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posted on
01/19/2007 5:25:07 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Miss Didi
And then Herself, "Mrs. Comeback Kid", sweeps the nomination. Which would definitely be the best thing to happen for us Conservatives!
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posted on
01/19/2007 5:29:21 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
To: Hegemony Cricket
Precisely!! Very astute of you, Hegemony Cricket.
- One of the biggest advantages Senator Clinton enjoys as she launches her presidential bid is the vast web of politically active Democrats who worked in the federal government under her husband, President Clinton. But not everyone who served during the Clinton years is promoting a reprise.... And a former White House counsel to Mr. Clinton, Abner Mikva,1 told The New York Sun he thought the candidate he is backing, Senator Obama, has a better chance of winning than Mrs. Clinton does.
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Hillary Sees Bill's Allies Fall Away NY Sun ^ | January 19, 2007 | JOSH GERSTEIN
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et's call a spade a spade. Abner Mikva is not supporting missus clinton because he can't stand her and because he knows she is mentally unfit.3 And how does he know that? Simple. He had the misfortune to be on the receiving end of her psychopathy.1 NOTE: This is not to say Abner Mikva isn't speaking the truth about the electability of Obama v. hillary. The charisma and blank slate of Obama are the perfect antidote to missus clinton's repulsiveness and baggage... (baggage which includes executive FAILURE, btw).
Obama-mania is fueled primarily by the hillary 'dud' factor.2

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- HILLARY CLINTON'S REPRESSED RAGE3
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- "She is angry. Not all the time. But most of the time."
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author Gail Sheehy Hillary's Choice (New York: Random House, 1999) p. 11
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- "[Hillary Clinton] is in a perpetual state of suspended anger...."
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former Clinton adviser to author Gail Sheehy Hillary's Choice (New York: Random House, 1999) p. 139
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- "Hillary hit him between the eyes. She was angrier than Paul had ever seen her. 'You f**king Jew bastard!' she screamed."
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author Jerry Oppenheimer quoting campaign aide Paul Fray State of a Union (New York: Harper-Collins, 2000) p. 153
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- [W]hen White House Counsel... Abner Mikva finally bowed to the law and delivered subpoenaed documents, she and her White House scandal team lashed at him with such a vicious streak of humiliating profanity that he resigned.
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Barbara Olson Hell to Pay (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1999) p. 5
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- "Anyone that stood up... was smashed down and belittled,very personally. [N]ot only would she sort of humiliate you in front of your colleagues or whoever happened to be around, Hillary tended to kind of campaign against people behind their back, and that was certainly my experience."
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former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers PBS Frontline, 16 Jan 2001 The Clinton Years
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- Longtime Hillary aide Carolyn Huber, who saved Mrs. Clinton's buns in 1996 with a convenient cover story about how her mysterious Rose Law Firm billing records magically appeared in the White House book room, described the former first lady's fits of rage to Sheehy as nearly lethal. "The person on the receiving end never gets over it," Huber remembered, reportedly shivering as she spoke those words.
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Hillary's Scheme (New York: Crown Forum, 2003) p. 88 Hillary's Choice (New York: Random House, 1999) p. 11
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- The rages continued even after Mrs. Clinton took up residence in the White House, where she blew up at a Secret Service agent for declining to carry her bags. When the agent explained that he needed to keep his hands free in order to protect her, she replied, "If you want to remain on this detail, get your f**king ass over here and grab those bags."
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Joyce Milton First Partner (New York: William Morrow, 1999) p. 259
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COPYRIGHT MIA T 2007
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posted on
01/19/2007 5:56:32 AM PST
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
To: IrishMike
I believe she kept Sid "Vicious" Blumenthal.
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posted on
01/19/2007 6:02:14 AM PST
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: Hegemony Cricket
her crap personality is a huge factor and her undisguised lust for power also-let's face it- Geffen,Katzenberg,and the Weinstein brothers are absolute a##holes,but they aren't stupid or prone to throwing out their money on a piece of pig puke like hillary-she has a lot of dirty laundry and it will start coming out in any hotly contested struggle for the nomination
To: Miss Didi
"Bingo! And then Herself, "Mrs. Comeback Kid", sweeps the nomination."
I would say that is probably the plan. Then she asks Obama to be her running mate.
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posted on
01/19/2007 8:49:54 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: Hegemony Cricket; All
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posted on
01/19/2007 9:03:44 AM PST
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
To: Mia T
This is not to say Abner Mikva isn't speaking the truth about the electability of Obama v. hillary. The charisma and blank slate of Obama are the perfect antidote to missus clinton's repulsiveness and baggage... (baggage which includes executive FAILURE, btw).Well, that sends a shudder down my spine. His having no record is how we got none other than David Souter as a SC Justice.
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posted on
02/24/2007 11:36:46 AM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: Ole Okie
- This is not to say Abner Mikva isn't speaking the truth about the electability of Obama v. hillary. The charisma and blank slate of Obama are the perfect antidote to missus clinton's repulsiveness and baggage... (baggage which includes executive FAILURE, btw).--Mia T
- Well, that sends a shudder down my spine. His having no record is how we got none other than David Souter as a SC Justice.--Ole Okie
Indeed. But I'm not saying it's a good thing.
Rather, I'm saying the Ds would much prefer to field a blank slate than the baggage-laden scold. ;)

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posted on
02/24/2007 12:01:15 PM PST
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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