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Hillary Heckles Antiwar Protester |
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The Code Pink protester heckled Hillary first, but didn't get the last word as Senator Clinton asked "Excuse me, were you invited to speak here this afternoon?"
Hillary was speaking at a global warming forun in Los Angeles on Saturday when she was interrupted by the male heckler shouting that she had voted for the war in Iraq. The protester, identified as Tigh Berry, was escorted out by police.
At the same venue, Dennis Kucinich called 'clean coal' an oxymoron and advocated closing all coal mines. His plan would have taxpayers pay the unemployed coal miners a guaranteed income.
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Hillary abandons, Obama adopts, illegal driver licenses |
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After watching Hillary Clinton twist in the wind after her non-answer two weeks ago about about driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, Obama tried to duplicate her feat with this initial answer:
"When I was a state senator in Illinois, I voted to require that illegal aliens get trained, get a license, get insurance to protect public safety. That was my intention. And- but I have to make sure that people understand the problem we have here is not drivers licenses. Undocumented workers don’t come here to drive. They don’t go; they’re not coming here to go to the In-N-Out Burger. That’s not the reason they’re here. They’re here to work. And so instead of being distracted by what has now become a wedge issue, let’s focus on actually solving the problem that this administration, the Bush administration, has done nothing about."
After some prompting from Wolf Blitzer as to whether he supported or opposed the issue, Mr. Obama added this:
"I am not proposing that that’s what we do. What I’m saying is that we can’t. No, no, no, no, look, I have already said I support the notion that we have to deal with public safety and that drivers licenses at the state level can make that happen. But what I also- but what I also know, Wolf, is that if we keep on getting distracted by this problem, then we are not solving it."
Finally, Mr. Blitzer proposed to Barack Obama that the question was actually "available for a yes or no answer" and eventually teased a "Yes" answer out of him.
Hillary, when her turn came up, showed that she had learned a lesson from the previous two weeks, and simply and clearly answered "No.".
I think that Hillary's response of two weeks ago, and Barack's answer this week illustrates two things about the Democrat party in general.
First, they don't have a very good feel for how deep public resistence runs against extending legal privileges and benefits to illegal aliens.
Second, they aren't very accustomed to criticism. That may be a natural side-effect of the approximate 90% Democratic support among the political press in general.
The big loser in this debate was clearly Barack Obama. He either wasn't prepared for an obvious question, or worse, he badly misjudged how to go about giving an answer.
Hillary was the big winner. Part of the credit for that must be assigned to Wolf Blitzer -- who didn't follow up on Hillary's "No", mentioned above. Wolf simply let Senator Clinton put the whole issue behind her -- and on Barack Obama's shoulders. |
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Hillary plays victim, accuses rivals of mudslinging |
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In an effort to continue to portray herself as the victim, Senator Clinton accused her leading Democratic rivals of mudslinging "right out of the Republican playbook". She also managed to appeal to her gender -- while maintaining plausible deniability on the issue -- with the following, "People are not attacking me because I'm a woman, they're attacking me because I'm ahead."
She also said, "I'm not playing the gender card here in Las Vegas, I'm trying to play the winning card."
And this, "It is clear, I think, from women's experiences that from time to time there may be some impediments, And it has been my goal over the course of my lifetime to be part of this great movement of progress that includes all of us, but has particularly been significant to me as a woman."
John Edwards, referring to Hillary, said, "She says she will bring change to Washington while she continues to defend a system that does not work, that is broken, that is rigged, that is corrupt."
Senator Clinton responded with, "I've just been personally attacked again. I don't mind taking hits on my record on issues, but when somebody starts throwing mud at least we can hope it's accurate and not right out of the Republican playbook." |
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Hillary states new position on Illegal driver licenses |
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In a move designed to prove she can change her mind, Hillary Clinton yesterday came down against issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants -- or did she?
This story initially became news when Senator Clinton dodged a question in a debate. When Tim Russert asked Hillary to clarify her answer, she gave another non-answer.
Mr. Russert was later criticized and Wolf Blitzer, the moderator for the upcoming debate, was warned not to 'pull a Russert' by the Clinton camp.
Clinton summarized her new position by saying, "As president, I will not support driver's licenses for undocumented people and will press for comprehensive immigration reform that deals with all of the issues around illegal immigration including border security and fixing our broken system."
Unfortunately, my command of Clinton-speak is not up to the task of interpreting her statement. The clearest part appears to rule out driver's licenses for 'undocumented people'. Does that mean that if we first document illegal immigrants that she may then support issuing them licenses? |
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