Posted on 10/31/2007 7:47:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A day after she appeared to struggle to give her views on the subject, Hillary Rodham Clinton offered support today for Gov. Eliot Spitzers effort to award New York drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, as her campaign sought to contain potentially damaging fallout from what her own supporters saw as a tense and listless debate performance.
Mrs. Clintons statement affirming her support of Mr. Spitzer in his office came less than a day after she offered a muddled and hesitant position on the bill, prompting a round of denunciations by her opponents. It signaled the extent to which her advisers viewed that moment as the biggest misstep she made in the debate, and one with long-term potential to undermine her candidacy.
Senator Clinton supports governors like Governor Spitzer who believe they need such a measure to deal with the crisis caused by this administrations failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform, her campaign said.
Mrs. Clintons aides said her statement was intended to signal that she broadly supported Mr. Spitzers goal of awarding drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. Mr. Spitzer initially proposed a blanket program of awarding full-fledged drivers licenses to illegal immigrants; in the face of sharp opposition from the Legislature, he backed off and presented a two-tier program system of awarding licenses to illegal immigrants.
Mrs. Clintons advisers said that she had not studied either plan, and was not specifically endorsing either of them.
Still, the wording of the statement was murkier than what many of her opponents have said in either supporting or opposing Mr. Spitzers initiatives. Among those opposing it were Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut; Senator Barack Obama of Illinois supported it.(continued)
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The campaign commercials that her opponents could make with the issue, could be priceless.
Cheech and Chong like characters driving around in a cloud of smoke, “Thank you Hillary”.
Or maybe not. Maybe Saturday Live will tackle that one.
Al Gore may have been a nut but he wasn’t a flip flopper like Kerry and Clinton.
You might be right, but you might be wrong. Be vigilant. She wouldn’t be the first woman to come back and bite ya in the butt. ;)
—Somehow this strains credulity.—
Or to use Hillary’s own words - the willing suspension of disbelief.
Somehow the “smartest woman in the world”............isn’t.
You know my ex?
Ahh, but you had better believe that as soon as the Clinton machine hits turbulence Ol Slick will be out in front of the cameras pontificating about what a smart idea that this is.
And diane sawyer et al will be gushing in unison.
Hey Hillary: Put some ice on it!
That's not what I saw. I saw temporizing, dodging, ducking, weaving, bobbing, feinting...anything but actually answering the question. What a pandering loser this evil witch is.
This is just blatant voter fraud.
The dems have totally sold out America.
If Hillary was going to start tanking why couldn’t she wait until October 2008! I’m afraid her campaign might start collapsing so badly she may not be the Dem. nominee.
BTW I’ll bet Rudy, Mitt and Mike are just licking their chops, looking at all the opportunities last night’s debate gave them on a silver platter!
I’d sure like to have transcripts of the phone calls between Spitzer and Hillary’s minions from this morning. They’re spinning so hard that they’re actually beginning to list. It’s a beautiful thing. ;o)
LOL
Yup. You’ve got it. I saw that right off too. The statement is definitive. Depending upon what the meaning of ‘is’ is.
A day after she appeared to struggle to give her views on the subject, Hillary Rodham Clinton offered support today for Gov. Eliot Spitzers effort to award New York drivers licenses to illegal immigrants...
...but on the other hand...
Mrs. Clintons advisers said that she had not studied either plan, and was not specifically endorsing either of them.
...she doesn't "specifically" endorse either plan. What a two-faced Clinton she is!
The executive branch doesn’t pass laws. Senator Clinton’s branch, Congress, passes “comprehensive reforms.”
What amazes me is that when Obama critisized her on this in the debate, he was dumb enough to finish his critique by backing spitzers plan as well.
What a couple of dopes
QUISLING: a synonym for traitor, someone who collaborates with the invaders of his country.
Current federal law 8USC 1373(a) PROHIBITS SANCTUARY CITIES. It reads as follows:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of federal, state, or local law, a federal, state, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual."
U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
Queen Evita siding with Prince Elliot.....just tryin’ to make sure they have the “undocumented worker” vote sewed up. May they both meet the sharp end of an outraged citizen’s pitchfork!
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