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Robert Reich: [Hillary] Clinton lacks 'conviction about anything'
CNN ^ | Dec. 04, 2007 | Peter Hamby

Posted on 12/04/2007 5:56:37 AM PST by jdm

(CNN) – Bill Clinton's former Secretary of Labor issued a blistering criticism of the former president's wife on Monday, accusing her of "not telling the truth" on Social Security and taking marching orders from her top pollster.

Reich, who has not endorsed a candidate but has written glowingly of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in recent months, ripped Hillary Clinton for saying Sunday that Iowa voters will have a choice "between someone who talks the talk, and somebody who's walked the walk."

"I don’t get it," Reich wrote on his blog. "If there’s anyone in the race whose history shows unique courage and character, it's Barack Obama. HRC’s campaign, by contrast, is singularly lacking in conviction about anything. Her pollster, Mark Penn, has advised her to take no bold positions and continuously seek the political center, which is exactly what she’s been doing."

Reich, who calls Clinton "my old friend" in the blog post, has a long-standing relationship with the Clintons, going back to when Reich and the former President were classmates and Rhodes Scholars at Oxford in the late 1960s. He left the Clinton administration in 1997 and now teaches public policy at the University of California-Berkeley.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clintonistas; conviction; dol; hillaryclinton; obama; robertreich
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Who would have guessed Robert Reich has a blog?
1 posted on 12/04/2007 5:56:38 AM PST by jdm
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To: jdm

It’s a short blog.

Hillary needs convictions........and sentencing..........


2 posted on 12/04/2007 5:57:30 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Red Badger

You get a gold star for the day, sir...


3 posted on 12/04/2007 5:58:29 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

and it’s only 8 AM!......


4 posted on 12/04/2007 5:59:22 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: jdm
"between someone who talks the talk, and somebody who's walked the walk."

Avoid clichés like the plague.

5 posted on 12/04/2007 5:59:25 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: Red Badger

LOL


6 posted on 12/04/2007 6:00:14 AM PST by jdm
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To: jdm
shock, shock the commie dwarf backs obama
7 posted on 12/04/2007 6:00:43 AM PST by sticker
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To: jdm

He's just a not nice man, like his freind Obama; they do not play nice in the playground and now their hitting on me, a woman. They were not nice men then, and they are bad men now. Democrats have to vote for me, I'm entitled to it"

/Sarcasm OFF

8 posted on 12/04/2007 6:03:38 AM PST by sr4402
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To: sr4402

LOL. Funny stuff!


9 posted on 12/04/2007 6:04:48 AM PST by jdm
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To: jdm

One socialist criticizing another socialist....what a RIOT!!


10 posted on 12/04/2007 6:05:14 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Robert Reich: [Hillary] Clinton lacks 'conviction about anything'

Define irony.....

Robert Reich belittling someone.

11 posted on 12/04/2007 6:05:31 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 for us)
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To: jdm

Interesting; Hitlary has had a bad two weeks and it seems to be getting worse and frankly, though I despise the Clintons, it somewhat surprises me; I’d have thought the MSM would have given her a free pass.

Strange, very strange; I guess that one can only sweep so much under the rug before it starts to ooze out continuosly.


12 posted on 12/04/2007 6:07:18 AM PST by glide625
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To: jdm

Lacks conviction but should be convicted.


13 posted on 12/04/2007 6:07:45 AM PST by Hacklehead (Pretending to be a civilized man.)
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To: Red Badger

if Ross Perot and Robert Reich were on a winning presidential ticket and both agreed on a specific policy,

they could not hi-five..............at best it would be the low 2 1/2


14 posted on 12/04/2007 6:08:38 AM PST by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: jdm
and now teaches public policy at the University of California-Berkeley.

WTF?

I had no idea they paid people to do something like this. Isn't "public policy" one of those made-up things like "social work?"

15 posted on 12/04/2007 6:09:15 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: N. Theknow

“Robert Reich belittling someone.”

Actually he be littler than everyone.


16 posted on 12/04/2007 6:09:38 AM PST by A Strict Constructionist (We have become an oligarchy not a Republic.)
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To: jdm
He left the Clinton administration in 1997 and now teaches public policy at the University of California-Berkeley.

And also represents the Lollipop Guild.

17 posted on 12/04/2007 6:09:54 AM PST by Sloth (Democrats and GOPers are to government what Jeffrey Dahmer and Michael Jackson are to babysitting)
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To: jdm

A former Clinton acolyte who has the nerve to state that the Empress has no clothes. Coming from Reich, it’s a small wonder.....


18 posted on 12/04/2007 6:11:53 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Sloth

You know, Sloth, everytime I hear Robert Reich speak, I envision Michael Dunn as Dr. Miguelito Loveless (The Wild Wild West), but I think I’ll try to remember him as you do. ;)


19 posted on 12/04/2007 6:12:28 AM PST by mywholebodyisaweapon
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To: A Strict Constructionist

True. His seats were in front of mine at symphony a few years back. I could see the entire stage. He didn’t hum along with the orchestra either. It was a good year.


20 posted on 12/04/2007 6:14:57 AM PST by ladyjane
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