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Hillary: âRight-Wing Apparatusâ to Blame for Troop Comment Firestorm

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Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-08 4:11:41 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Flaming right wing? Is she dissing Andrew Sullivan?

Posted by BH 2003-12-8 4:18:34 PM|| 2003-12-8 4:18:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#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 havenât given them enough body armor. We didnât give them enough armored Humvees. We didnât 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|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-12-8 4:27:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hill probably had Cyber Sarge in mind while talking with Tim Russert.

And then she hit him with her ~~broom~~ riding crop.

...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 administrationâs 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|| 2003-12-8 4:33:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2003-12-8 4:43:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2003-12-8 5:42:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 AHA! The VRWC strikes again!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAhaahahahahahaha...

Posted by mojo 2003-12-8 5:56:54 PM|| 2003-12-8 5:56:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2003-12-8 6:16:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-8 6:16:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2003-12-8 10:06:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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