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Clinton Revises Remark on Women in Miss.
My Way News ^ | 03-08-2 | By SARA KUGLER

Posted on 03/08/2008 9:16:20 AM PST by MNJohnnie

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to backpedal Friday from comments she made in October suggesting Mississippi was a backward place for women's progress.

Speaking to radio station WJZD-FM in Gulfport, Miss., the former first lady said the comments she made about the state in the run up to the Iowa caucuses "were not exactly what I said," even though they came directly from an interview she gave to the Des Moines Register in October.

Clinton was on a campaign swing through Mississippi before Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary.

The newspaper quoted the New York senator discussing Iowa and Mississippi being the only states that have never elected a woman governor or sent a woman to Congress.

"How can Iowa be ranked with Mississippi? That's not what I see. That's not the quality. That's not the communitarianism; that's not the openness I see in Iowa," Hillary Clinton told the newspaper then - a remark that prompted immediate criticism from Mississippi Republicans.

Rival Barack Obama has been running radio ads in Mississippi calling Clinton's comments insulting to the state.

Friday, Clinton tried to downplay the remarks.

"What I said is what I learned is that neither Iowa or Mississippi had ever elected a woman statewide and I referenced the fact that I was the first woman elected statewide in New York and I told the Iowans that they had a chance to try to change that and now in Mississippi giving Mississippi voters a chance to change that," Clinton said in the radio interview.

Clinton said she was surprised that "neither Iowa nor Mississippi has broken through to being able to elect a woman statewide."

"You know there's a lot of strong women from both those states, and it's time that women had a chance to have full equality in the political process. It didn't happen in Iowa, it hasn't happened in Mississippi. and it's time that it be changed," she said.

Mississippi voters have elected several women to statewide office including two lieutenant governors, but no governor or member of Congress.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 2008; clinton; gaffe; hillary; ms2008; thebeast; women
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Could this campaign be any more fun to watch?
1 posted on 03/08/2008 9:16:20 AM PST by MNJohnnie
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To: MNJohnnie
Looks like she expects as many do-overs as her husband.
2 posted on 03/08/2008 9:20:23 AM PST by originalbuckeye
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To: MNJohnnie
New Hillary game. Everytime she lies..... take a sip.


4 posted on 03/08/2008 9:24:29 AM PST by vietvet67
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To: MNJohnnie

My first guess is that Hillary thought that nobody in Mississippi could read, so they would never know about what she said in Iowa.


5 posted on 03/08/2008 9:25:23 AM PST by Bernard (If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
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To: MNJohnnie; doug from upland

Ther’ll be bluebirds over, the white cliffs of “DO-OVER”.

Uncle George


6 posted on 03/08/2008 9:25:55 AM PST by Uncle George
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To: MNJohnnie

She’s got to have athlete’s tongue by now for as much time as her foot has been spending in her mouth.


7 posted on 03/08/2008 9:26:04 AM PST by hometoroost (...the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo)
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To: MNJohnnie

The libs show themselves daily now, for the useless, empty, power-grubbing, socialist losers that they are.

It is just frightening to imagine that one of these criminal freaks could become President. You would think this nation would have learned with Billy -— God help us.


8 posted on 03/08/2008 9:26:47 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: MNJohnnie
communitarianism?

The word flows from her lips

9 posted on 03/08/2008 9:28:16 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: MNJohnnie
From last year and a Hilliary supporter....

Rangel's Dis-issippi leaves GOP pol fuming

10 posted on 03/08/2008 9:29:52 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: MNJohnnie
"What I said is what I learned is that neither Iowa or Mississippi had ever elected a woman statewide and I referenced the fact that I was the first woman elected statewide in New York and I told the Iowans that they had a chance to try to change that and now in Mississippi giving Mississippi voters a chance to change that," Clinton said in the radio interview.

She learned WRONG about MS, as Evelyn Gandy proves. Makes you wonder what else Her Heinous has 'learned' that is wrong, doesn't it?

11 posted on 03/08/2008 9:31:31 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: mylife
communitarianism?

Sounds like the Borg collective to me. Resistance if futile.

12 posted on 03/08/2008 9:32:33 AM PST by myprecious
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To: myprecious

submit


13 posted on 03/08/2008 9:33:41 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Bernard

The sad thing is that she not only thinks the folks from Mississippi are stupid, she thinks we all are. I am waiting for her BS to move to PA and try to con the dimmies up here. Philly is already preparing the farce they pull off every two years. Congressman Brady is full speed ahead getting the homeless ready to get the voting percentages back over 100% again.


14 posted on 03/08/2008 9:35:46 AM PST by mortal19440
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To: mewzilla
Related link....

Obama wants Clinton to explain Mississippi comments

15 posted on 03/08/2008 9:36:40 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: MNJohnnie

What she meant to say was MS was the only state in the union that had a worse education system and economy than Arkansas when they were Gruboners.

Pray for W and Our Troops


16 posted on 03/08/2008 9:37:15 AM PST by bray (Go InSain)
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To: MNJohnnie

“Clinton said she was surprised that “neither Iowa nor Mississippi has broken through to being able to elect a woman statewide.””

So what she really said is that both Iowa and Mississippi women are a bunch of red-neck, backwards thinking hicks.


17 posted on 03/08/2008 9:40:04 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Just saying what 'they' won't.)
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To: JackRyanCIA

ROTFLOL!


18 posted on 03/08/2008 9:44:27 AM PST by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
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To: MNJohnnie

Did Mrs. Clinton have any remarks about the allegation her husband raped Juanita Broaddrick?

http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Juanita.htm


19 posted on 03/08/2008 10:03:04 AM PST by Tymesup
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To: myprecious; mylife
Sounds like the Borg collective to me. Resistance is futile.

Yep. Communism with a painted-on smiley face.

20 posted on 03/08/2008 10:03:30 AM PST by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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