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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

1 posted on 01/19/2007 4:35:26 AM PST by IrishMike
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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.


2 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.)
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To: IrishMike

When these people get their late night visits to "review" their FBI files, they will be right back on board.


3 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)
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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.
4 posted on 01/19/2007 4:48:18 AM PST by IrishMike (MORE SURGE, Moqtada Al Sadr needs killing.)
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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 !
5 posted on 01/19/2007 4:51:49 AM PST by IrishMike (MORE SURGE, Moqtada Al Sadr needs killing.)
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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.

6 posted on 01/19/2007 4:53:33 AM PST by Gorzaloon (Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
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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.

7 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.))
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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.
8 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)
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To: IrishMike

Hillary will crush Obama like a bug.


9 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.)
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To: Miss Didi
And then Herself, "Mrs. Comeback Kid", sweeps the nomination.

Which would definitely be the best thing to happen for us Conservatives!

10 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....)
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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.

Hillary Sees Bill's Allies Fall Away
NY Sun ^ | January 19, 2007 | JOSH GERSTEIN

 





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



HILLARY CLINTON'S REPRESSED RAGE3

"She is angry. Not all the time. But most of the time."

author Gail Sheehy
Hillary's Choice
(New York: Random House, 1999) p. 11

"[Hillary Clinton] is in a perpetual state of suspended anger...."

former Clinton adviser
to author Gail Sheehy
Hillary's Choice
(New York: Random House, 1999) p. 139

"Hillary hit him between the eyes. She was angrier than Paul had ever seen her. 'You f**king Jew bastard!' she screamed."

author Jerry Oppenheimer
quoting campaign aide Paul Fray
State of a Union
(New York: Harper-Collins, 2000) p. 153

 

[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.

Barbara Olson
Hell to Pay
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1999) p. 5

"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."

former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers
PBS Frontline, 16 Jan 2001
The Clinton Years

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.

Hillary's Scheme
(New York: Crown Forum, 2003) p. 88
Hillary's Choice
(New York: Random House, 1999) p. 11

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."

Joyce Milton
First Partner
(New York: William Morrow, 1999) p. 259



THE DECLINE OF HILLARY CLINTON: THE DYNAMICS
(SHE HAS ONLY ONE WAY TO GO. AND IT ISN'T UP.)


THE POLITICS OF DUMPING HILLARY


'HILLARY'S BIGGEST PROBLEM... SHE'S OLD NEWS'


THE ABSURDITY OF HILLARY
(What the media and Dick Morris aren't telling us about Obama-clinton numbers.)



TONGUE-IN-CHEEK WARNING ABOUT CLINTON OVAL-OFFICE FELLATION ACTUALIZED
SPELLS TROUBLE AHEAD FOR HILLARY
(Were the clintons blackmailed by Russia?)


HILLARY ON THE COUCH
IS MISSUS CLINTON MENTALLY FIT?



THE 'MATERNALIZATION' OF HILLARY
(CLINTON MACHINE DUMPS THATCHER FOR 'MOTHER')

HOW THE CLINTONS ARE HANDLING THE HILLARY DUD FACTOR 5


HILLARY "Zelig" CLINTON: WHEN A CONGENITAL LIAR'S RUTHLESS AMBITION EXCEEDS HER ABILITY


THE ACCIDENTAL APTNESS OF MISSUS CLINTON'S 'PRESIDENTIAL' MAKEOVER


HILLARY CLINTON DONS THATCHER GETUP (new proof!) BUT--oops!--EVOKES THE WRONG MARGARET


A HILLARY 'LANDSLIDE'??? NOT SO FAST, MISSUS CLINTON....


WILL HILLARY CLINTON RUN?
COMBINATORIAL GAME THEORY MAY PROVIDE THE ANSWER



FACTORING HILLARY: WHY WE MUST DUMP MISSUS CLINTON NOW


HILLARY CLINTON THREATENED JUANITA BROADDRICK 2 WEEKS AFTER BILL CLINTON RAPED HER (VIDEO)


FOWL AFTERTASTE
(why we must choose our turkeys with a tad more forethought)


TOP 10 REASONS TO DUMP HILLARY CLINTON ON NOVEMBER 7
(And she thinks New Yorkers should return her to office why?)



HILLARY 'the smartest woman in the world' CLINTON USED GYP SHEETS IN DEBATE WITH SPENCER AND BOMBED ANYWAY


HILLARY'S PLANS: A DEBATE VIGNETTE





CARVILLE AGITPROP + THE CLINTON JACKBOOT
'THE POWER OF HILLARY': THE TITLE



CARVILLE'S 'Clinton is electable! Clear the way!' BATTLE CRY SPELLS TROUBLE FOR HILLARY


Nina Burleigh: Do the Right Thing, Hillary


'HIATUS' FOR HILLARY?


HILLARY'S EXPOSED LEFT FLANK 'SCARES THE HORSES' (VIDEO)



IS REUTERS SENDING A MESSAGE ABOUT A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HILLARY?



ON REJIGGING GALLUP'S LOSING NUMBERS FOR HILLARY
THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OF ANNE KORNBLUT



HEAR CHRIS MATTHEWS + MAUREEN DOWD DEVOUR HILLARY


THE DANGER OF RUNNING VICARIOUSLY
Bill O'Reilly chews up and spits out the hillary clinton candidacy
(clip included)


SEE VIDEO: "HILLARY IS 'DOOMED'" (more 'plantation' fallout)


SEX, LIES AND SOCK PUPPETS:
HOW THE CLINTONS ARE HANDLING THE HILLARY DUD FACTOR
4


THREE WOMEN AND A FUNERAL:
HOW THE CLINTONS ARE HANDLING THE HILLARY DUD FACTOR
3


REINVENTING HILLARY... AGAIN
(clinton machine dumps Geena Davis for Margaret Thatcher)
how the clintons are handling the hillary dud factor2


SCHEMA PINOCCHIO
how the clintons are handling the hillary dud factor


HEAR SUSAN ESTRICH: hillary plays 'the victim' for votes


ON ICE: WM. JEFFERSON'S FREEZER vs. THE WM. JEFFERSON CLINTONS' SWISS ACCOUNTS


How To Get Rich Quick In Shady Land Deals Like Harry Reid and hillary clinton


THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN HILLARY CLINTON'S DISCLOSED ASSETS: An Alternative Theory


WHEN CATTLE FUTURES ARE THE FUTURE:
HILLARY CLINTON'S COW TRADES AS PROGNOSTIC




THE RUBES' GOLDBERG MACHINE
A STATE OF PERPETUAL CLINTON BEGGARY




HILLARY REMEMBERS


HILLARY DOES NOT RECALL, DOES NOT REMEMBER, HAS NO MEMORY, HAS NO RECOLLECTION, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE SHE SAID IT BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED IF SHE DID.


'REFUSAL TO LEVEL WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'... IS HILLARY 'KNOWNOTHING VICTIM' CLINTON'S MIDDLE NAME

Sen. 'KnowNothing Victim' Clinton Holds News Conference
EFFECTIVELY PLEADS 5th BY INVOKING SPOUSAL PRIVILEGE



HILLARY FLUNKED D.C. BAR EXAM
"the smartest woman in the world" sought less competitive venue


HILLARY!?? WHAT IS THIS MORIBUND LOSER DOING IN THE POLITICAL ARENA, ANYWAY? (bill's bud explains)





COPYRIGHT MIA T 2007


11 posted on 01/19/2007 5:56:32 AM PST by Mia T (Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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To: IrishMike
I believe she kept Sid "Vicious" Blumenthal.
12 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)
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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


13 posted on 01/19/2007 6:36:46 AM PST by steamroller
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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.


14 posted on 01/19/2007 8:49:54 AM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Hegemony Cricket; All
THE 'ABNER MIKVA' FACTOR: Why missus clinton will not get the nomination

15 posted on 01/19/2007 9:03:44 AM PST by Mia T (Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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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.

16 posted on 02/24/2007 11:36:46 AM PST by Ole Okie
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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. ;)


17 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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