September 18, 2008
Clinton to Skip Event After Palin Confirms Attendance
It would have been the first time Senator Hillary Clinton and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared together (for real, not for funny). But once Clinton learned that Palin would be attending the same rally at the U.N., organized by a number of Jewish groups to, per Newsday, "show U.S. opposition to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad," Clinton decided she rather not go.
Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines said, "[Palin's] attendance was news to us, and this was never billed to us as a partisan political event. Senator Clinton will therefore not be attending," which gave the McCain-Palin camp a chance to say, "Governor Palin believes that the danger of a nuclear Iran is greater than party or politics. She hopes that all parties can rally together in opposition to this grave threat."
Some Democratic strategists think Clinton's decision was wrong, noting how she has many Jewish constituents. And City Councilman Dov Hikind said, "This is not about politics. This is demonstration. This rally is about unity against Iran that is a sponsor of terrorism."
However, Newsday reports "organizers admitted Wednesday they probably didn't think through the political implications of giving a platform to Palin or that Clinton's camp would see it as violating the nonpartisan spirit of the event." An adviser to one of the sponsor groups said, "We did not see that coming, but that may be right, and that's our mistake." Organizers are reportedly considering whether to invite another Democrat to balance the event.
Additionally, Palin may attend the U.N. General Assembly--it'll be Barracuda in the City!
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Yeah, right, the group didn't see this coming. Of course they wanted to politicize it.
I give Clintons kudos for pulling out.
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careful Sarah, she just might drop a house on you
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How mature of you Hillary.
How does Hillary think she would have faced unpleasant world leaders as president if she's too scared to even get near a political opponent?
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I hope that everyone at the protest asks her about her idea of foreign policy with Iran. Even better, ask what Katha Pollit asked in her latest Nation column, ask her what the Federal Reserve does or how many times she spoke with Putin since Alaska borders Russia.
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I disagree. I think dems need to step the F up. I think it's lame that Hil pulled out. We (democrats) are fucking this up big time. Again.
PS Long live Katha Pollit
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Hillary has been riding her cheating husband's political coat-tail the last 30 years and Sarah became governor of a state on her own merit, yet Hillary is the one the feminists idolize. Cognitive dissonance anyone?
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Hillary knows she's outclassed in every way. This juvenile, chickenshit behavior just confirms it.
Looks like somebody won't be attending the senior prom if she can't be queen.
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Some Democratic strategists think Clinton's decision was wrong, noting how she has many Jewish constituents. And City Councilman Dov Hikind said, "This is not about politics. This is demonstration. This rally is about unity against Iran that is a sponsor of terrorism."
No, it's not Dov. It's about Jewish American constituents who are supposed to jump every time the hawkish Likud party says jump. Apparently even Israel is falling out of love with the hawks with their last election.
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[cat hiss sound]
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Oh, goody! Sarah is going to the UN... as the VP nominee of the party that regularly condems the UN, villifies the UN, refuses to pay it's fair share of dues & fees to the UN... but isn't below using the UN for a photo-op.
Typical republican slime.
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"It's about Jewish American constituents..."
I hate to break it to you but if Iran drops a nuke on Israel like Ahmadinnerjacket has promised, then a large chunk of the world is likely to go up in flames as well, not just the Jews. Iraq will look like a tea party compared to that scenario.
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Sommelier: Don't forget appointing as UN Ambassador a man who said "if the UN secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference."
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get a life ides. you're in stage one of loss: denial.
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if Iran drops a nuke on Israel like Ahmadinnerjacket has promised
That's highly unlikely unless they can buy some from Israel. Or from the ghost of Saddam Hussein who had all those weapons of mass destruction. Rattle those sabers all you want. No one's taking it seriously anymore. The US isn't even in a functional war economy, it's always been contracted out. Try declaring war again when Ahmedinejad finds some actual nukes and the U.S. has enough money in the bank to back up its threats.
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Would Iran nuke Mecca just to stick it to Israel?
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err I mean Ur-Salem, not Mecca
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NEWSFLASH: the palin bump is over. Everybody realized she was a stupid hypocrite bitch and have come to their senses. The polls are back in Obama's corner and I doubt McCain's camp is ever coming back. Palin gave him a slight reprieve but that was the best it was going to get.
From the DNC:
* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're 'exotic, different.
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* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story.
* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.
* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.
* If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the sta te Senate's Health and Human Services committee , spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become th e country's second highest ranking executive.
* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.
* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If , while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's=2 0school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you're very responsible.
* If your wife is a Harvard graduate laywer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America's.
* If you're husband is nicknamed 'First Dude', with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until20age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.
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babyhitler, i have fallen in love with you.
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lol! Tgirl
if obama & mcsame can come together on 9/11, hillary should have gone to the event even if the vpilf is there.
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I think we should print up BabyHilters comment up there and drop about a million of them in the midwest by plane.
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http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm
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babyhitler, you are an elitist. obviously. i mean, goddamn, being a local weather girl is tough.
if i may add one thing: if you believe rape victims should have to pay for their own examination kits, you're...i can't even finish that one.
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babyhitler certainly does his homework...
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nice work, bh
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It was the right thing for her to do.
Inside of an hour, a new McCain Campaign adv. would have appeared spinning it as if Sen. Clinton somehow stands by Gov. Palin.
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You guys do realize that babyhitler didn't write that himself, right?
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that's why I put "From the DNC"
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I don't care, I still want to be babyhitler's wet nurse, if you know what I mean...