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February 21, 2008
The End of the Debate
Senator Clinton tonight:
And I remember sitting up there and watching them come in: those who could walk were walking; those who had lost limbs were trying with great courage to get themselves in without the help of others; some were in wheelchairs and some were on gurneys. And the speaker representing these wounded warriors had had most of his face disfigured by the results of fire from a roadside bomb.
Senator Clinton voted to send these soldiers to war in Iraq for reasons which turned out to be lies. I'm not sure how she can turn this into a positive note at the end of the debate. The cable news people are praising her for this statement. I, on the other hand, thought it was disgraceful. But you know, maybe she deserves a pass on her unapologetic support for the biggest foreign policy disaster since Vietnam.
Posted By Bob Cesca | February 21, 2008 10:37 PM | DIGG ME!
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disgraceful seems like the most polite word that I can think of to describe Mrs. Clinton's performance last night, Bob.
To spend 85 minutes getting hammered into the ground on every issue except showing up, and then decide in the last 5 minutes that you want to show a sliver of emotion is one of the WORSE political moves that I've ever seen in my life. It's also petty.
Just hearing the "A long, long time ago in a political galaxy far, far away I failed at doing X-Y-Z." (I'm paraphrasing here.) line after every other question wasn't very impressive either. If failing a lot when you really have no excuse for it, making bad decisions and crying in public are the qualifications for a president then I'm TOTALLY ready to lead on day one!
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at February 22, 2008 06:08 AM
You took the words right out of my mouth! She is becoming a very sad excuse for a Senator let alone candidate!
Posted by: natashacrk at February 22, 2008 08:27 AM
I'm shocked at the pundits that called Clinton the winner of last night's debate based on that answer.
I almost expected her to get choked up.
But what was amazing to me was the fact that they were crediting her for the standing ovation. Was it her best line? Probably. But the reason they were standing was because the audience knew the thing was over. It was the last answer to the last question at the end of the night and they were applauding both candidates.
So there I am flipping from station to station looking for the one pundit that would bring it up, just say it was the standard standing ovation at the end of all these things, and nobody did! They all got the impression that Hillary had won over the crowd. They were booing her for that cheap "xerox" line 30 minutes earlier and now they love her? Give me a break!
Posted by: Broadway Carl at February 22, 2008 08:42 AM
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