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Clinton's Endearing Fictions
New York Times ^ | April 27th, 2008 | Steve Chapman

Posted on 04/27/2008 1:16:42 PM PDT by The_Republican

During the Pennsylvania primary campaign, Barack Obama made a rather charitable gesture not only toward his Democratic rival but toward the presumptive Republican nominee as well. "You have real choice in this election," he told a crowd in Reading. "You know, either Democrat would be better than John McCain, but ... all three of us would be better than George Bush."

That was all it took to set off Hillary Clinton. She rattled off a list of McCain's misguided positions, asking her audience over and over, "Is that better than George Bush?" She concluded, "We need a nominee who will take on John McCain, not cheer on John McCain, and I will be that nominee."

It came as a revelation to hear that Obama, who I thought was plotting to become president, actually has been shrewdly maneuvering himself in position to lead the pom squad at McCain's inauguration. But there was something else that struck me as strange about Clinton's reaction: Obama was not the first of the two Democrats to say something nice about the Arizona senator. He was the second.

A few weeks ago, campaigning in Texas, Clinton sounded downright glowing about McCain. Referring to those 3 a.m. phone calls at the White House, she said, "I think you'll be able to imagine many things Sen. McCain will be able to say. He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Sen. Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002."

Let's review. Clinton criticized Obama for ranking McCain No. 3 in a four-person assessment, ahead of Bush. But Clinton herself put McCain No. 2 -- or maybe even in a tie for No. 1 -- in her evaluation of the three candidates.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congenitalliars; demlies; hillary; klinton; natuarlbornliars; pa2008; pathologicalliars

1 posted on 04/27/2008 1:16:42 PM PDT by The_Republican
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To: The_Republican

The NY Slimes is really in the tank for Obama.


2 posted on 04/27/2008 1:37:11 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: The_Republican

....guess the Slimes didn’t get the exclusives they wanted.


3 posted on 04/27/2008 2:22:40 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: KC_Conspirator

Yeah, the NYT is a biased waste of space, but how else would you know that juan flied in a plane owned by his wife?


4 posted on 04/27/2008 3:48:59 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: The_Republican
"That was all it took to set off Hillary Clinton."

Doesn't take much to get her tight pantsuit in a wad. She's on a shrewish rampage. She is going to "totally obliterate Iran", jumps off the plane in Bosnia facing sniper fire, and makes Rocky look like sissy.

This is bothersome, to have a woman who cannot control her anger, and the media talks about McCain being tempermental. Hillary is the mentally unstable candidate to worry about.

5 posted on 04/29/2008 8:43:26 PM PDT by harpo11 (Rush Wags the Election. Hillary Wags the Rev.)
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