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| Hillary: ’Right-Wing Apparatus’ to Blame for Troop Comment Firestorm | |||||
| 2003-12-08 | |||||
| Bad right wing apparatus! Bad! No cookie! U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton said Sunday that she was right to tell U.S. troops that Americans back home were starting to doubt President Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq, calling complaints that her comments undermined military morale "the latest flaming charge by the right wing."
Please tell me where I can sign up for the “flaming right wing" LOL The top Democrat claimed instead that she was merely responding truthfully to a question from a soldier with the 10th Mountain Division when she told him, "There are questions being raised about the administration’s policies." Yes troops always ask political questions while deployed in a hostile area. In Hillary’s world they do. Appearing on NBC’s "Meet the Press," Clinton blamed a "right-wing apparatus" for the firestorm over her remarks. "You know, I find it so interesting that this has now become an issue, largely fueled by a lot of the talk shows and the other sort of right-wing apparatus. What I said is what I believe."
Coming out of CNN, ABC, CBS, PBS, Etc. But Sen. Clinton insisted, "From my perspective, it is fully appropriate in talking with our soldiers to have that kind of conversation with them." Her defense prompted "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert to ask, "
And then she hit him with her riding crop. "First of all, from my perspective, answering a direct question by an American soldier who knows very well that in previous conflicts in our country we didn’t always support our troops" was the right thing to do.
This shrew never stops giving me ammo for which to fire at her. She know damn well (now) that her comments were out of bounds for an ELECTED member of the Senate. This continuing charge of conspiracy just shows how out of touch with reality she really is. I might add that I don’t know ANY member of the Armed forces that would even think of asking such a question to a member of Congress. This was also true when Her wife was the President. Her defense shows she know NOTHING about the military and how the view the civilian leaders. How cowardly of her to hide behind some mythical 10th MTN DIV Soldier. If these are your words defend them on YOUR on merit or admit you were wrong. | |||||
| Posted by:Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) |
| #9 That's she back to blaming the right wing boogymen is to assure that the PR value of her flight to Iraq doesn't simply flame out, but rather goes down in a brilliant blaze of glory for all to see. |
| Posted by: B 2003-12-8 10:06:58 PM |
| #8 Hillary can't get ANYTHING right. It's not the "right wing apparatus" at all: it's the North American Militia, a hardened group of near-anarchists who revere personal freedom above all else, view ANYONE that runs for public office with jaundice, and have but one goal in life: reduce politics to a local game, played by local people, with local rules and local control. Can't tell you how many members they have - one thing they hate is any form of control, including membership, identification cards, 'leaders', and all that other government-induced imposition on liberty. Membership is an individual decison, and is open to anyone who lives north of the Darien swamps. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-12-8 6:16:59 PM |
| #7 In my experience soldiers are discouraged from bringing up controversial topics at VIP visits. It's unlikely that a soldier will do anything to embarass his or her command intentionally - not fearing reprisals but because soldiers and sailors care about their units and want visitors to leave with a positive impression. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-8 6:16:08 PM |
| #6 AHA! The VRWC strikes again! BWAHAHAHAHAHAhaahahahahahaha... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-12-8 5:56:54 PM |
| #5 Ya gotta admit, it feels pretty good when Hillary complains about the reaction to her treasonous remarks. Gotta love it when liberals can't stand the reaction to their politicking: they go inot hiding and they deny what they said is what they meant. Almost better than sex. I guess it is also a form of denial: I said that? That isn't what I meant! |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-12-8 5:42:21 PM |
| #4 It's all harassment from just a few straight-laced ultra-conservatives, though, isn't it? Cannot think of HRC but be reminded of a guy I used to work with. Sloppy clothes, scraggly read beard, foot-long ponytail, aging hippie, right? Also NRA Life Member, and if you looked close his coffecup read, "Charter Member -- Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy". |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-8 4:43:47 PM |
| #3 Hill probably had Cyber Sarge in mind while talking with Tim Russert. And then she hit him with her ...she was merely responding truthfully to a question from a soldier with the 10th Mountain Division: "How was your turkey dinner, Senator" ....when she told him, "There are questions being raised about the administration’s policies." Is she dissing Andrew Sullivan? I hope Andrew sees it way. Hill ain't seen a flame until Sullivan turns up the butane. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2003-12-8 4:33:32 PM |
| #2 I guess she got the point that saying "right-wing conspiracy" made her sound like a complete nutjob, so she decided to say "right-wing apparatus" instead. Her belief hasn't changed, just the vocabulary. "We haven’t given them enough body armor. We didn’t give them enough armored Humvees. We didn’t do what was necessary to give our men and women on the ground the full support that they deserve." It's nice to see her using the first-person plural in this case, considering HER HUSBAND had eight years to properly equip the military and, apparently, failed to do so. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-8 4:27:20 PM |
| #1 Flaming right wing? Is she dissing Andrew Sullivan? |
| Posted by: BH 2003-12-8 4:18:34 PM |