I' m not a Bush or Hillary fan, but this strikes me as pretty funny. Hillary: I'm not for any fixed date, as long as it's before the 2008 election. Dammit, George, I don't want Iraq to be a campaign issue!
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > But Bush was merely an ego front for the neocons ... He spoke their > speeches, signed their recommendations, and ordered their wars, go and > listen to Benjamin Friedman's excellent video in his very passionate > voice ... > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3552214685532803163&q > > > ==================================================== > http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/492891p-415149c.html > > Hil to W: Clean up your own mess > Leaving it to next Prez is irresponsible, she tells Iowa crowd > > BY MICHAEL McAULIFF > DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU > > Hillary Clinton addresses crowd at town-hall style meeting yesterday > in Davenport, Iowa. Her two-day swing through Iowa, where she hit hard > on issues like Iraq war and health care, was first trip to state with > earliest caucus since announcing presidential candidacy. > DAVENPORT, Iowa - President Bush should clean up the mess he made in > Iraq and bring American troops home before he leaves the White House > in 2009, Sen. Hillary Clinton said yesterday. > > Clinton fired her rhetoric-raising broadside at Bush and the Iraq war > on her first swing through Iowa as a presidential hopeful, painting > herself as tough, warm and presidential all at the same time. > > "The President has said this is going to be left to his successor," > she said at a rally in Davenport. "I think it's the height of > irresponsibility, and I really resent it. > > "This was his decision to go to war; he went with an ill-conceived > plan, an incompetently executed strategy, and we should expect him to > extricate our country from this before he leaves office," the former > First Lady said. > > White House spokesman Rob Saliterman criticized Clinton (D-N.Y.) for > "a partisan attack that sends the wrong message to our troops and the > Iraqi people." > > One questioner challenged Clinton to explain her vote in late 2002 to > authorize the war. She said Congress was "misled" at the time by the > President. > > "He took the authority that I and others gave him, and he misused it," > she said. "And I regret that deeply. And if we had known then what we > know now, there never would have been a vote, and I never would have > voted to give this President that authority." > > Dawn Trettin, 33, and her son Ramon Briones, 18, who has joined the > Army, said they liked what they heard from Clinton. Trettin, though, > teared up when someone in the crowd told her son not to go to Iraq. > > "I don't want to just pull out and leave it in chaos," she said, > though she was waiting to make up her mind on whom to vote for next > year. > > Her son, who said he liked Clinton's depth, was ready to commit after > hearing her pitch. "I liked her," he said. "I would vote for her." > > Clinton is leading her Democratic rivals in national polls, but she is > not the front-runner in Iowa. If Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus was > held now, she would lose to 2004 vice presidential nominee John > Edwards. She also trails former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack and Illinois > Sen. Barack Obama in state polls. > > She completed a two-day swing through the state last night in a bid to > close the gap and tried to erase the perception among many Iowans that > she can't win, talking to them in small groups in living rooms and by > the thousands in large halls. > > The reception was strong, and Camp Clinton liked what it saw. > > "We are thrilled with the weekend," said Clinton spokesman Howard > Wolfson. > > Clinton also focused on middle-class issues like making college more > affordable and obtaining universal health care coverage. > > She promised to try to at least get universal coverage for kids during > her next two years in the Senate. > > Today, she's picking up the war theme theme again in Texas, attending > the dedication of Brooke Army Medical Center's $50 million Center for > the Intrepid. The 60,000-square-foot physical rehabilitation center is > for veterans injured in the war. > > Originally published on January 28, 2007 > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
