Sen. Clinton: ‘We will keep going’ (WARNING! BARF ALERT!)

MSNBC ^ | Sept. 17

[Teacup]

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to Dateline NBC's Jane Pauley about how New Yorkers are faring in the wake of the recent attack. Attack hit close to home: daughter Chelsea was jogging in the area at the time of the attack. Sept. 17— The tragedy reverberates on so many levels now — the families in which thousands of children are now motherless or fatherless or both. The extent of the disaster in dollars— $20 billion — she calls just the “first installment.” But even for a United States Senator, it began on a very, very personal level. Dateline NBC’s Jane Pauley sat down with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to talk about the tragic events of the last week.

ON TUESDAY MORNING Sen. Hillary Clintons’ first thought when the second plane hit was “terrorists.” Her next thought was “Chelsea,” who was not only in New York, but staying downtown.
“She’d gone on what she thought would be just a great jog,” says Sen. Clinton. “She was going to go down Battery Park. She was going to go around the Towers. She went to get a cup of coffee and that’s when the plane hit.”
Chelsea was close enough to hear the rumble? “She did hear it,” says Clinton. “She did.”
And to see the smoke in person, not on television? “That’s right,” she says.

“Of course Bill was in Australia and he was so upset by what he was seeing on television that I didn’t want to tell him that I couldn’t find her until I found her,” she says. “I told him, everything’s fine, don’t worry. But I couldn’t do it with the level of assurance that I needed until l could find her a couple of hours later.”

Thousands weren’t so fortunate. Last week, t he former first lady introduced a bill to speed federal aid to families of rescue workers who are dead or missing, while her successor was giving the nation its first glimpse of how she can handle a crisis.

The senator was impressed.

Clinton had said she made her proud. “She did,” says Clinton.

Why that word? “Well, because I know how difficult that position is from my own eight years of experience,” she says. “And you know when the country is under attack, when your husband may very well be a target. It’s not easy to go out there and in a composed and very gracious manner. So I was just very proud.”

The president did come under some criticism for not appearing in public as often as some think he might. What is your comment? You’ve lived in the White House through crises.

“She’d gone on what she thought would be just a great jog. She was going to go down Battery Park. She was going to go around the Towers. She went to get a cup of coffee and that’s when the plane hit.”

— SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON On Chelsea's whereabouts

“I know the tensions that exist between a president and the Secret Service because clearly their job is to protect the president at all costs,” says Clinton. “And I know there must have been some very difficult and tense moments. But what really matters is that he is safe, he is in charge, he is, you know, running our government, and that’s what everybody should be grateful for.”

Hijacking has taken a hideous turn. There are reports that the Pentagon, with the president’s approval, was ready to shoot down a commercial airliner had it in fact threatened the White House or the U.S. Capital. Would that have been with Congress’ approval?

“I for one would not have second guessed that decision,” says Clinton. “And I don’t think that the president had any choice but to make the most difficult order that anyone in that position can make, which is, you know, to say, ‘We have to do what is necessary, and that may mean the loss of innocent life.’”

Does she know Jeremy Glick’s story? “I do,” she says. Last week, ‘Dateline’ viewers met the family of the 31-year-old man who told his wife, by Airfone, about plans to ‘rush the hijackers’ of the fourth plane then bearing down on the nation’s capital.

“They took it into their own hands,” says Clinton. “In fact, I think they had a vote as, one of the accounts tells, they voted about what to do. What could be more American, and a greater rebuke to those who would try to destroy our way of life, than to have a vote on the plane about what to do, and to take action immediately?”

Clinton’s office is researching a suitable memorial for the heroes of flight 93 — perhaps even the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Meanwhile, as the work of recovery goes on, she has brought fellow members of congress to see for themselves what television does not convey.

“Our elected representatives are on the front lines of making the decisions about the war we’re waging against terrorism, and about rebuilding New York,” she says. “And there is nothing like it. We don’t want anyone to feel in a week or two or a month that the enormity of this somehow can be gotten over. We can keep going, and we will, and we can rise even higher and better than we were. But we can’t ever forget what happened on day.”

Sen. Clinton has made three visits to the scene of the devastation — which she says encompasses 16 acres. And while the search for survivors has been so disheartening, the work there is just as determined as when she saw it first, when she felt like she was standing at the gates of hell.

[Teacup]

BUMP

[labusiness]

"We can keep going..."

How about keep going till you hit Afganistan?

[Teacup]

Tea....so just HOW does Chelsea get degrees when she's NEVER in class?

I don't know? I guess we should call Stanfordand ask them, LOL,LOL. When is she and Bubba leaving fror England, and Ireland? Bubba said he was moving there remember?

[Mel Gibson]

Chelsea was close enough to hear the rumble? “She did hear it,” says Clinton. “She did.” And to see the smoke in person, not on television? “That’s right,” she says.

I suppose that Chelsea Clinton should be recognized and given some sort of honor by the Congress because she was in the area. These self-promoting bastards know no shame. I wish that some "objective" media reporter would ask Sen. Chucky Schumer (D, NY) (this guy makes me sick to my stomach) if he would support plainclothes Sky Marshalls armed with guns?

Hillary Rodham has benefitted the most from the death of conservative commentator, Barbara Olson. What a great lady in comparison to the Hildebeast.

[BigWaveBetty]

A beautiful summary of the show!

This was my favorite exchange:

Oprah: Were you personally afraid?

Mrs. Bush: I was not. I was not at the White House when they evacuated. … When they told people there to run, they were, of course, afraid. Some members of my staff, young women, were very afraid. The very first day, some of them just fell apart and wept all day. The second day, older members of my staff were upset, and the younger women comforted them.

All the feelings we have are natural. The feelings of sadness, anger, anxiety, uncertainty and confusion. But I know everything is being done to make sure America is safe. So I feel reassured. (they edited quite a bit)

[Irma]

In May the word was that she was going to be enrolled at Oxford.  Who knows anymore?  Sheeeeesh!

Oxford - University College accepts Chelsea

    CHELSEA CLINTON has cleared the last hurdle in her effort to follow in her father’s
    footsteps and study at University College, Oxford.

[Teacup]

I wish that some "objective" media reporter would ask Sen. Chucky Schumer if he would support plainclothes Sky Marshalls armed with guns?

That would be a great question to ask these two.
Barbara Olson was to much of a great lady to let Hillary up stage her, IMO. Barbara Olson died an hero and will always be rememebred for the wonderful, gracious lady she was.

[Teacup]

See, she was more concerened about others than herself. What a difference. When she said she was not afraid, I said, "Ditto." Being a Marine wife, I too feel confident our President along with Condi Rice, Dick Cheneny, and Colin powell will do the right thing. Thanks Betty. Laura is a breath of fresh air. Did you see how Oprah kept reaching over to hold Laura's hand? Like Oprah needed to touch Laura for assurence. I thought that was great.

[BigWaveBetty]

Hey Irma!

coffee is the LAST thing I want while jogging!

Aha! I thought so! I like to fast walk and I like tea, but I don't want them at or about the same time. duh! ;^)

Hellary, we caught you LYING, AGAIN!! Geez, give us a rest would you?!

[small voice in the wilderness]

In the REAL and Just world: none of the clinton's are in New York. Bill is selling used RV's to try and raise enough money for a good defense atty. Hillary is selling Tupperware and making infrequent appearances on Little Rock in the Morning, and Chelsea is serving java at the Waffle Palace, hoping to get into the Mr. Donnie's Academy of Beauty next semester.

[the Deejay]

“She’d gone on what she thought would be just a great jog,” says Sen. Clinton. Just "what" does a "great" jog imply? Why didn't she just say, "jog"? Lies, all lies. I don't believe ONE WORD ANY of the Klintons say. NOT ONE WORD!

[bray]

Was the young mare trotting and getting ready for the Preakness? Neighhhhhhh!

Pray for GW and NY!

[MotherSpector]

AT THE GATES OF HELL?? She must have felt right at home.

[Mary-Bayou]

Just gotta keep my face, you know, before the public, you know, in case they forget about me. One-on-one interviews are much better, you know, uhhhh, than having to share the stage w/Dubya, Schumer & Wadler.

[backhoe]

You forgot the

Maggot Alert! ! !

Lest America ever forget why The Nameless One, W(B)-97, and all their enablers should be hectored, hounded, and harried into silence, until "clintonese is only spoken in Hell," look here:

-"until clintonese is spoken only in Hell!"--

Hillary! and Arafat's wife-

I can't believe this fraudulent, criminal-enabler had the gall to drag "the children" into this!

[monkeywrench]

"I needed until l could find her a couple of hours later.” Doesn't Chelsea still have secret service? They can't communicate with each other (Hillary's)?

[Rustynailww]

"getting ready for the Preakness? "........claiming race

[Teacup]

I went reseaching the dates that Oxford Univiersity starts. By all I could read, they begin this week or next week. Why is Chelsea still here? Maybe the Oxford thingy was just a lie. Check it out. LINK

[pubmom]

Bump for nauseous reading!