Posted on 10/23/2001 1:51:57 PM PDT by watsonfellow
First of all, to prevent the flamings, I should say that I am a strong conservative, and my number one issue is the life issue and so I am not at all a supporter of the Clintons etc.
That being said, I thought it the height of rudeness for these firemen and policemen to boo and yell at the Senator this weekend. It lacked dignity and class. I thought we conservatives were supposed to stand for such things, or perhaps this is just what we say, but do not practice.
I wonder what Burke et al would have said about this conservative embrace of very questionable manners.
The policemen and firemen should have just done nothing when she appeared on stage, no clapping, no booing, the silence would have expressed the same thing, but in a much more dignified way.
Mrs. Clinton has taken stands against the NY police Dept. She lobbied to have Puerto Rican terrorists pardoned.
Just think --it could have been eggs and tomatoes!
Boos are as American as apple pie -- or should I say in her case, "baking cookies." And when they are delivered in New York by its finest- they have to be earned and well deserved.
Necessarily....The bastard from Hope and his whore can comprehend neither dignity nor class....and I wonder about yourself.
Try Salon.com
I think we can all do without stomaching reports of "a deafening silence from a stunned crowd in awe of Hillary's presence".
"Boos" leave no room for misunderstandings.
At least they didn't throw anything (although I 'll bet many were tempted).
This woman is rudeness personified - it's all she understands. We discovered this harsh fact during election hell month - liberals were astonished that we felt strongly enough about this to be, for us, rude.
Think about it, we try to voice our opinions, they get rude. Ad hominem attacks and outright lies - takes rudeness to get back in the fray - AND they don't expect it. We've been polite too long, they are stealing the farm!
Typo. You meant "They SHOULD have stoned her," right?
Really, vocalizing disappoval with any politician is a waste of breath, I recommend throwing rotten tomatoes at them.
---max
You know, this has the makings of an official Free Republic slogan.
Sen. Clinton is attacked for retaining her Secret Service detail and yet there have been several replies that have suggested that the authors of them would like to/or encourage others to do physical harm to her.
THIS IS NOT HEALTHY!!!! FOR CONSERVATISM OR FOR THE COUNTRY.
Sen. Clinton holds very awful views and is perhaps very corrupt, but to wish her bodily harm is a very scary/dangerous proposition.
This obsessive Clinton-hate has got to end before someone goes off the deep-end.
And you remained silent.
Police and firemen who risked their lives to save thousands of people -- well, those you criticize. And for what? For murder? For corruption? For deceit? For false accusation?
No, you criticize these heroes because they 'booed.'
Did they boo a hero? An innocent person? Did they misbehave while the President of the United States was giving a speech on the survival of the nation?
You remind me of what Jesus said about the pharisees: "You swallow a camel and choke on a gnat." It all depends on whose camel, and whose gnat, of course!
I agree that complete silence would have been powerful, but given the venue, silence would have to be pre-planned. Since she was unannounced, I presume she was a surprise guest. Therefore, the spontaneous boos were the best way for attendees to voice their displeasure.
OOOHHH...Like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz....Oh, would that be a sight. I wonder if some tricky freeper can do a graphic like that...???
You are a democraticunderground.com disruptor.
You outted yourself when you referred to President Bush as shrub.
I don't believe a word you say.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
But she DOES represent NY and NYC. She was elected in large part because the media did NOT tell the American people about the crimes she, her husband and the DNC committed. But as we see, when a stadium full of people finally get up the nerve to BOO then it becomes difficult for even the mainstream media to totally ignore it. Then, questions about her behavior finally get some chance of being aired. I say we need more booing, not less, of people on the left, at least until the media levels the playing field. Its just too bad they didn't boo Bill. Only THEN, I might have had some hope that NYC won't remain a democRAT stronghold come the next election.
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