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The War She Hasn't Won .....(Iraq: the throbbing toothache of Clinton's)
WaPo ^ | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 | Ruth Marcus

Posted on 02/14/2007 4:29:41 AM PST by IrishMike

CONCORD, N.H. -- Monique Cesna seemed ready to toss a softball to Hillary Clinton. "I have to say, 'You go, girl!" Cesna said, and the capacity crowd in the high school gym here went wild.

But Cesna, 47, a nurse turned third-year law student, then bore down for the cross-examination: Candidate Clinton insists she wouldn't have taken the country to war in Iraq had she been president, yet Senator Clinton voted to authorize President Bush to go to war.

"How can you then explain the seeming contradiction?" she asked -- and again the crowd went wild.

Iraq was the throbbing toothache of Clinton's weekend visit here. The state she once took pains to avoid for fear of igniting presidential rumors -- she hadn't been here since 1996 -- will be key to her ambition to become the second President Clinton. But here and in Iowa, she faces a ferociously antiwar electorate unhappy with her positions, past and present, on Iraq.

On the eve of the primary three years ago, New Hampshire voters fixated on electability: They weren't so much swept away by John F. Kerry as calculating that he had the best shot of winning. Their hearts may have been with Howard Dean and his antiwar stance, but their heads were with Kerry and his pragmatic pitch: "Don't just send them a message. Send them a president."

Today, the mood feels different -- whether it's because that electability strategy didn't work out so well; that Bush will be out no matter what; that Democrats seem favored to win in 2008; that Iraq is more of a disaster; or that the primary is far enough away that voters can vent now and strategize later.

For the moment, Democratic primary voters don't want Kerryesque parsing.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2008; clinton; democrats; dyingcampaign; electionpresident; elections; gop; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillbilly; iraq; mediabias; msm; nutroots; obama; osamaobama; terrorism; wot

1 posted on 02/14/2007 4:29:44 AM PST by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike
The only way Hillary! is going to get out from under her Iraq War Authorization vote is if we win in Iraq. That is the only thing that will silence the war critics in the Democrat(ic) Party.

So, on this one particular issue, Hillary!'s interests and the nation's interests coincide. She should be using her influence to make sure we win in Iraq. Otherwise, she will never be President.

And, frankly, if Hillary! got on the right side of the War in Iraq, even I might vote for her!

2 posted on 02/14/2007 4:42:45 AM PST by bondjamesbond (Have you ever noticed that whatever the problem, the government's solution is always "more taxes"?)
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To: IrishMike
Cesna, whose Marine son is headed to Iraq, wasn't entirely satisfied with Clinton's stance on the war.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This says it all. A MOM who is a law student who will likely be a bleeding heart lawyer destined to free prisoners from Guantanamo Bay,disagreesw with her son's voluntary patriotism as a US Marine. Sure, we need lots of femino nazis like her as voters.

I Hillary does not laud the patriotism angle, and make the war against Islamofascism a bi-partisan effort, she will never , never achieve the unifying force that will elect her president.

Hillary was presented with an opportunity for greatness, but fizzled. No president , she.

3 posted on 02/14/2007 4:45:31 AM PST by Candor7 (Duncan Hunter for President)
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To: IrishMike

To WaPo... all politics is Dem politics.


4 posted on 02/14/2007 4:47:51 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: johnny7

Regarding the WaCompost ...
study the enemy tactics.

Media turning from Hildabeast
...... she's done.


5 posted on 02/14/2007 4:56:03 AM PST by IrishMike ("Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.")
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To: IrishMike
Monique Cesna seemed ready to toss a softball to Hillary Clinton. "I have to say, 'You go, girl!" Cesna said, and the capacity crowd in the high school gym here went wild.

Why? Why do these people invest so much in this woman? Were you put women such as Condi Rice, Janice Rodgers Brown or the late Jeanne Kirkpatrick in front of that group, women who are far more accomplished than Hillary Clinton, there would be no "You go, girl," no wild cheering.

I truly don't understand the adulation. These women act like it's 1907 not 2007.

6 posted on 02/14/2007 4:58:11 AM PST by Dahoser (Never question Mr. Nibbles!)
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To: IrishMike
..... she's done.

No way Mike, no way.

7 posted on 02/14/2007 4:58:51 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: bondjamesbond
And, frankly, if Hillary! got on the right side of the War in Iraq, even I might vote for her!

I wouldn't vote for Hillary! if she were running against Satan himself.

8 posted on 02/14/2007 4:59:52 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: IrishMike

Marrying a contentious women is like a lifelong toothache.

-The book of proverbs


9 posted on 02/14/2007 5:02:51 AM PST by Finalapproach29er (Dems will impeach Bush if given a chance.)
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To: bondjamesbond

Hillary is seldom on the right side of anything. I might add that the side she is on can be switched faster than she can change "Old Crusty".

Hillary has no principles except winning. Integrity is a word that has never been used to describe Hillary,not even by her friends.


10 posted on 02/14/2007 6:02:24 AM PST by sgtbono2002 (I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
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To: IrishMike

Hitlery's pat answer was that "Bush Lied to Congress" when she voted for the war.

The fact was that she was pandering to the center so she could appear Hawkish on Defense.

Now that the center is anti-war, she is hanging out to dry.


11 posted on 02/14/2007 6:13:00 AM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: IrishMike

Every bit of this Hillary "campaign" is a carefully scripted and choreographed performance. You don't really think that some soccer mom turned law student "just happened" to go to this event, get called on by chance to ask Hillary a question and then nailed her with a zinger, do you? Five to one she is some Dim activist who got paid by the campaign to memorize and deliver that question, which they provided. So of course they already had a prepared answer for Hillary to deliver.

These early campaign events are dress rehearsals for the real thing later on. They're giving Hillary a chance to try on different lies and excuses for every issue that might come up, so she can find the ones that fool the most people into voting for her.

They're also meant to give the impression that Hillary's being unfairly beaten up on, having to answer the same question over and over again, so that later on people will say, "She's already dealt with that and she's already taken her hits for it. Can't we just move on?"

And of course, the media knows all of this, yet perpetuates the lie that these are all just "average ordinary Americans expressing their concerns over an unpopular war."


12 posted on 02/14/2007 8:11:47 PM PST by CFC__VRWC (Go Gators! NCAA Football and Basketball Champions!)
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