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Carl Bernstein: One of Worst Nights of 'Shopworn' Hillary's Life
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 01/26/2008 7:41:27 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Carl Bernstein isn't just, on the basis of his Watergate-busting fame, a liberal icon. He's also a certified Hillary Clinton expert, having devoted years to researching and writing a definitive biography of her, A Woman in Charge. So his comments tonight on Hillary's graceless reaction to her stunning defeat at the hands of Barack Obama carry special weight, and are likely to reverberate through Dem circles. Here's Bernstein's brutal take, appearing on CNN .

CARL BERNSTEIN: One of the worst nights of Hillary Clinton's life. She had a chance at the end of the evening to be magnanimous, to say something about where her campaign is going to go. Instead she was shopworn, tired; it's exactly what they don't need, the Clinton campaign, and she's going to have an uphill fight from here in.

View the video here, not only to hear Bernstein's remarks, but to watch a graceless Hillary acknowledge Obama's victory only in passing while spending most of the same sentence speaking of primaries to come.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2008; barackobama; carlbernstein; crushclinton; democratparty; elections; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillaryscandals; sc2008
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To: hotshu

It’s not a matter of which man it was, but rather that it had to be a man at all.
Don’t ever doubt Hillary when she talks about having to sacrifice for her daughter.


41 posted on 01/26/2008 8:19:13 PM PST by counterpunch (Mike Huckabee — The Religious Wrong)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

After reading the article, I was expecting her to be total bitch on the video. I didn’t think she did that bad at all in her speech. It was all platitudes, but she wasn’t especially snotty.


42 posted on 01/26/2008 8:19:32 PM PST by Slump Tester (-What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: hotshu
No apologies necessary. It's common knowledge Chelsea favors Webb more than she does Bill.

:-)

43 posted on 01/26/2008 8:19:36 PM PST by South40 (Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: CaptRon
Bill’s specialty is making women “shopworn”?

Sad.

44 posted on 01/26/2008 8:20:54 PM PST by GOPJ (Hillary Didn't Win A Single County In S.C.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
Oh, it's cryin' time again, you don't believe me
I can see that faraway look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you vote Obama
That it won't be long before it's cryin' time...

45 posted on 01/26/2008 8:22:47 PM PST by Tall_Texan (No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
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To: Brucifer


I may have to work for my momma ...
but I'm voting for Obama!!!
46 posted on 01/26/2008 8:23:10 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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More UFOs in the skies that turn out to be flying ashtrays...


47 posted on 01/26/2008 8:25:09 PM PST by Tall_Texan (No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Normally when a presidential candidate tanks in a primary, they give a short concession speech BEFORE the winning candidate's victory speech and exit the stage for the night.

But evidently that's not good enough for the Hildabeast. Instead, she waits until AFTER Obama's victory speech to give a rambling speech followed by a bizarre question-and-answer segment that goes on for almost an hour!

She's just showing the country she is unfit to be our president.

48 posted on 01/26/2008 8:27:13 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 11 days away from outliving Nicolette Larson (Mitt is It))
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To: vox_freedom

What tomorrow? Bill Clinton already compared Obama to Jesse Jackson today.


49 posted on 01/26/2008 8:44:58 PM PST by Williams
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

And tomorrow Caroline Kennedy will endorse Senator Barack Obama.


50 posted on 01/26/2008 8:46:01 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever fully realize.)
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To: SamAdams76

Unless they are on the same stage, she pretends Obama does not exist and lets President Clinton attack him in all asundry such meanspirited, racist and otherwise un-presidential manners. Truly despicable people who I can’t wait to see run off the political scene.

Best case, Hillary loses either the primary or the general and then loses her seat in the Senate. I want them out of my life.


51 posted on 01/26/2008 8:49:37 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: GOPJ

It’s a civil war, kind of like the Shia’s and the Sunni’s.


52 posted on 01/26/2008 8:49:53 PM PST by khnyny (Clinton and Co. are the carnies of American politics.)
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To: Williams
What tomorrow? Bill Clinton already compared Obama to Jesse Jackson today.

Funny, I didn't read that until after my post... I believe the word is prescient.

53 posted on 01/26/2008 8:51:21 PM PST by vox_freedom
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
watch a graceless Hillary acknowledge Obama's victory only in passing

Clinton fans do not care about her gracelessness. If they cared about any such things they would not be hillary backers to begin with. It was an ugly speech but so what...Clinton voters are ugly people.

54 posted on 01/26/2008 8:53:49 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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No, it’s uphill for Obama from here on.

Hillary won Michigan, likely in Florida, big lead in Ohio.

Obama is running out of math.


55 posted on 01/26/2008 8:54:39 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Parley Baer
She will be lucky if she gets 5% of the Black vote from here on in.

Wishful thinking. After all those "black leaders" go to work and start earning their "consulting fees" she'll be fine. After all, these are the Clintons--they're down for the struggle.

56 posted on 01/26/2008 8:58:44 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: D-fendr

California may be a battle for Shillary....I understand that the California Teacher’s Association is not behind shillary...they are behind Obama. That is just one group.


57 posted on 01/26/2008 9:01:51 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: hinckley buzzard

You nailed it.


58 posted on 01/26/2008 9:03:47 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: nicmarlo

Unfortunately for the Big O’, Hillary doesn’t need California.


59 posted on 01/26/2008 9:04:53 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: counterpunch

You bet. Those turkey basters have hard edges. Ouch.


60 posted on 01/26/2008 9:07:02 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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