Hillary on GMA...

[Charade]

 

[NELSON]

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton announced earlier today that she will remain in the hunt for the 2008 presidential nomination even though her husband, former president Bill Clinton, has had yet another recurrence of gonorrhea.

“The g-bomb again, huh?” asked one longtime Clinton watcher, who wished to remain anonymous so as to avoid commiting suicide or meeting with an unfortunate accident in the near future, rhetorically. “I think that makes a baker’s dozen. Let’s be perfectly frank here. If she were to back out of a political campaign every time Bill had lesions in his groin area, she’d never be able to seek out office in any of her home states.”

However, at least one Clinton insider did seem a bit surprised by the ex-president’s latest medical concerns.

“Last I knew, he was taking two tablets of penicillin every day with his multivitamin as a preventative measure,” said a woman who asked only to be identified as ‘%’ to avoid unforeseen industrial accidents. “Looks like somebody’s built up quite a resistance.”

An aide for the former president issued a statement on the issue:

“Mr. Clinton is facing this setback with his characteristic bravery and optimism. In fact, he has encouraged his wife to get right back out there on the campaign trail even though this means that she will not be by his side as he faces this difficult time. Actually, ‘encouraged’ probably isn’t a strong enough word, he has shown unbridled enthusiasm over the notion of her continuing in the race. He has gone so far as to demand she redouble or triple her efforts, regardless of the time commitment.”

In a related story, Senator Joe Biden has dropped out of the race citing fund raising concerns as the primary reason. Sources close to Biden say that although money did play a small role in his decision, he was most upset about the prospect of “losing to a black guy, no matter how articulate he may be.”

 

[JunieJay]

I find it amusing how threatening Hilary is to people, especially men.

Sorry you got skeered this morning Charade. Perhaps a Valium or a Bloody Mary is in order to help calm your nerves?

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

Nelson.... . I had to make DH stop so I could read your post to him. Thanks for making me laugh this morning. You crack me up.

 

[powellrj]

duh....I thought you were talking about Hillary Barskey who is on GMA radio!

 

[#1MMFan]

I'm wondering how a person's medical problems get aired publically. Is that not a breach of confidentiality?

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Was it something specific or just more of the same??

 

[wvrevy]

Was it something specific or just more of the same??

Silly question. All you have to do is say the name "Hillary" and the unreasoning hatred poors forth. Mysogynism is like that sometimes. I guess she should just shut up and go back to the kitchen.

ETA: Nelson, that was REAL classy to make a play on John Edwards' wife having breast cancer. That might be a new low for the righties on this board.

 

[NewJersey]

Is there a link? I want to see.

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

Silly question. All you have to do is say the name "Hillary" and the unreasoning hatred poors forth. Mysogynism is like that sometimes. I guess she should just shut up and go back to the kitchen.

ETA: Nelson, that was REAL classy to make a play on John Edwards' wife having breast cancer. That might be a new low for the righties on this board.

 

[wvrevy]

His post is an obvious allusion to John Edwards situation. That you found it funny makes it no less disgusting. Sorry, but breast cancer isn't something I make jokes about, even in that kind of satirical context.

 

[salmoneous]

I think you guys are misreading his post. He's probably not saying he was scared and intimated by a bright, intelligent successful woman. He's probably scared because she was great and he's now realizing she could easily be elected. Hil's not the evil witch her critics claim - the more people get to know her, the more they will see that.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

His post was disgusting, as it was a parody of the very real life situation that John Edwards finds himself in regarding his wife's cancer. That you found it funny changes nothing about it's origins.

Well I have to admit that I did not make the connection until you pointed it out. I thought it was just more a play on Bill's infidelity.

 

[wvrevy]

I think you guys are misreading his post. He's probably not saying he was scared and intimated by a bright, intelligent successful woman. He's probably scared because she was great and he's now realizing she could easily be elected. Hil's not the evil witch her critics claim - the more people get to know her, the more they will see that.

While I agree that she is nowhere near what the righties try to make her out to be, I think the chances of them changing their opinion based on...you know...reality...are "not great", to say the least.

 

[wvrevy]

Well I have to admit that I did not make the connection until you pointed it out. I thought it was just more a play on Bill's infidelity.

The beginning of the paragraph that says, "“Mr. Clinton is facing this setback with his characteristic bravery and optimism." was the tipoff. That, and the fact that the Edwards' story has been in the press all weekend, and I've already heard class acts like Rush weighing in (no pun intended). It's just more of the same from the crowd that thinks the Half Hour News Hour is high comedy.

 

[NewJersey]

While I agree that she is nowhere near what the righties try to make her out to be, I think the chances of them changing their opinion based on...you know...reality...are "not great", to say the least.

It's not just the righties that don't like her. I'm a centrist, lean left, and I find her extremely polarizing, unelectable, and I don't believe a word out of her mouth. I think by only believing righties don't like her, is a huge understatement.

 

[Maleficent13]

I'm kind of with Tim.

 

[TimeforMe]

Is that the best you can come up with? I guess it saves one from actually having to write words, huh?

 

[wvrevy]

It's not just the righties that don't like her. I'm a centrist, lean left, and I find her extremely polarizing, unelectable, and I don't believe a word out of her mouth. I think by only believing righties don't like her, is a huge understatement.

See, I just don't understand that. What has she ever done to make you think she is any less trustworthy than any other politician (admittedly a low bar to clear)? In fact, if you truly are a "left-leaning centrist", odds are her politics - and her record would back this up - are much closer to yours than they are mine, since I lean a bit further left. It's not that I think the only people that don't like her are righties...I'm not exactly a huge fan of hers, myself. But the completely unreasoning hatred that is spewed at the woman by the right tends to make me believe that's where the majority of it comes from, if not all.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

See, I just don't understand that. What has she ever done to make you think she is any less trustworthy than any other politician (admittedly a low bar to clear)? In fact, if you truly are a "left-leaning centrist", odds are her politics - and her record would back this up - are much closer to yours than they are mine, since I lean a bit further left. It's not that I think the only people that don't like her are righties...I'm not exactly a huge fan of hers, myself. But the completely unreasoning hatred that is spewed at the woman by the right tends to make me believe that's where the majority of it comes from, if not all.

I don't hate her. She just rubs me the wrong way in so many ways. It has nothing to do with her gender though. Some people don't like her and some people never liked Bush. As far as spewing hatred, extremists always make the most noise. Don't give them credit for being a bigger audience then they actually are, and try not to paint a whole party with that description.