Maher Asks Clinton: Why Should Americans Vote For Someone Who Can Be Fooled By George Bush?

[Nomad559]

Bill Maher asks Senator Hillary Clinton, "Why should Americans vote for someone who can be fooled by President Bush?" Senator Clinton responds, "It's a little more complicated than that."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/13/maher-asks-clinton-why-_n_64242.html

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[fooj]

1. Seems like a simple enough question.

"Complicated"...

Yeah, I bet.

[redqueen]

2. Hahahahaha

Nicely done. :)

[kenfrequed]

3. Uhm

Is she really doing everything she can as a senator?

I very much doubt it.

[William769]

4. The video is not working on that site.

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

5. good response

[Ethelk2044]

25. She didn't answer the question. How is that a good response

She was fooled.

[Hersheygirl]

43. She wasn't fooled.

I may not care for her, but one thing is sure. You do not get to where she is by being fooled. She voted for what was best for her, not the country. She had two choices, she went with the one that she thought was politically correct for her, knowing that one day she would run for president.

[tomp]

45. and that's a "good" response to you? nt

[Colobo]

6. Hillary was pwned by Maher!

[htuttle]

7. That's a helluva good question!

[killbotfactory]

8. She needs to fire her advisors

If they convinced her the IWR was a good idea.

[blm]

9. Downing Street Memos proved MORE people knew Bush was lying about WMDs

and Tony Blair was in on it. So.......who does Tony Blair confide in and who would he listen to for advice on a matter of this proportion?

Anyone remember the "Blair Democrats" campaign. I do. I fell for it....for a minute.

[Kolesar]

10. That's the same bullshit answer she gave during one of the debates...that I preserved in my sig line

I cut and pasted it from www.salon.com

[eleny]

11. I don't understand why she laughed at his question

Today, I can think of 3,776 reasons not to.
http://icasualties.org/oif/

[Uncle Joe]

20. I can't hear it on this computer, but it sounds as if this serves two purposes,

it buys her time while she can think up a response and also serves as an emotional attempt at deflecting real criticism by making light of a serious uncomfortable question.

[eleny]

22. Thanks for your thoughts

I hope she finds another means of dealing with questions. I found her response offensive given the topic.

[jenmito]

21. It seems like she laughs at MOST questions...

as if to look confident, like it was an unfair question that's no biggie for her, then goes on to "explain away" her answer. It bugs me, especially laughing at THAT question.

[eleny]

23. I haven't noticed that she did that a lot

It bugged me, too, given the nature of the question.

[jenmito]

29. I recall her laughing at other questions...

I think the more uncomfortable the question, the longer she laughs. But I can't quote anything from memory.

[aquart]

36. Aww. Name something about Hillary that does not bug you.

Have you asked Chuck Schumer, the other New York senator, the SENIOR New York senator, why he also voted for IWR?

It was a bad, disingenuous vote. Almost as disingenuous as pretending Hillary is the only one who made that mistake.

BTW, would it have looked like a mistake if we did NOT do it? Because I've always thought that's what our lawmakers were mistakenly worried about. You can't prove something is a mistake until you make it. And the dishonest Republicans would have happily bludgeoned us to death over it.

Could Hillary's hoped-for candidacy have even launched if she'd been outspoken about that? Was she silent? Was she?

[thereismore]

12. Very good question, but I gotta admit, she did very well with it. I think. nt

[AtomicKitten]

13. Neither she nor Edwards even read the NIE before they voted on the IWR.

It was an irresponsible, purposely uninformed vote based on politics, not national security.

[zulchzulu]

14. A PERFECT commercial idea

Thanks Bill!

[Romulox]

15. Who is more fool...

The fool or the fool who follows the fool?

:think:

[earthlover]

39. What kind of fool would follow a fool? I guess a lemming

[TygrBright]

16. Answer: Because someone who can admit their mistakes is WAY less dangerous...

...than someone who doesn't believe they can make any mistakes.

helpfully,
Bright

P.S. This post is not to be construed as an endorsement of any Democratic candidate for any office. I just can't resist the cheap ones.

[Marnieworld]

17. If we were aware of the McClatchy reporting why wasn't she

Millions were in the street protesting. we weren't fooled. But of course we weren't contemplating a run for office and feared the consequences of voting based on conscience. Now she faces the consequence of voting based on calculation. Cry me a river Hil!

[Kolesar]

28. Senator Clinton had to eject anti-IWR protestors who occupied her office

"Had to"

[Nostradammit]

18. "Vote for me - I'm easily fooled AND I listen to bad advice."

*cackle, cackle*

[hollowdweller]

38. They can use the Monica thing to show she's easily fooled also.

I really worry what will happen to Hillary when all the 527's open up on her. She's got a lot of soft spots.

[earthlover]

40. Hell...BUSH listened to bad advice....how is Hilllary any different as pres?

[jenmito]

19. Yeah, it's more complicated than that...

She was ALSO fooled by her husband and everyone else she got advice from. :eyes: To tell you the truth, I think the only reason she voted for the IWR was because she knew she was running for president in '08 and she was fooled into thinking it would be a POSITIVE thing to have voted for it. More triangulation on her part.

[sandnsea]

24. Doesn't he support Edwards?

Is he going to ask him the same question?

And why doesn't he focus on something important, like the Downing Street Memo.

[wyldwolf]

26. didn't he also support Ralph Nader in 2000? Talk about getting fooled.

[OwnedByFerrets]

30. UHHHHH, he isnt running for PRESIDENT! nt

[wyldwolf]

33. UHHHHH. but he is judging someone who is... and he obviously isn't qualified to do so.

[Carrieyazel]

27. Maher and Clinton

Great question by Bill. I've been asking myself this question for years. Hillary was either fooled, or she made a calculated decision that ended up haunting her.

[earthlover]

41. I think it was a calculated decision..after all, she claims she is not naive...so it be calculated!

Everyone knew Bush's war was folly....Hillary did not even read the evidence? Then what was her job anyhow? Isn't that what lawmakers are sposed to do? Oh helll......

[superkia]

31. Did you all watch the other Maher questions?

I watched the answers of Obama, Clinton, Edwards and Kucinich, I noticed that Kucinich was the only one of those four to answer his question from Maher, directly? The other three answered around their question but not the question asked. This is one of my biggest reasons for supporting Kucinich, for some reason hes the candidate that seems to be very direct in his answers, no matter what forum they are all in? I cant respect and waste my vote on a candidate the refuses to stand up, be presidential and answer questions. How else do we know what they stand for if they cant stand up for what the think or is it they don't want you to know what they think? I hope everyone thinks really hard before making that primary vote because our country is in need of a leader that will stand up for us, not play games with us and make us think they are on our side.

Does it strike anyone else that in the debates it seems to be this way with most the candidates, they answer around questions, not the actual questions asked? Why is that and should they be trusted with our constitutional rights in their hands?

[Dawgs]

32. And how does she answer - by cackling at him.

Does she not think that's a serious question? I mean what the fuck.

[renie408]

34. Maher is SO stupid! Doesn't he know she has already won?? Jeez...some people. n/t

[Laurab]

35. That laughter was really disturbing to me.

There is nothing funny about it, plain and simple. Her laughing (or "cackling" as some people call it), really bothered me. It was so inappropriate to the question asked. I'm sure it was a complicated decision for her to make, with political considerations being first and foremost, but damn - there is NOTHING funny about the war. I certainly hope she will hire better advisors if she wins the nomination. I hope even more that she doesn't win the nomination.

Kind of reminded me of * looking for WMD under his desk.

[Colobo]

37. She's laughing at us.

[calteacherguy]

42. Strange laugh. And she lied again saying she would "end the war"

first thing when elected President. She wouldn't end the occupation, she would just start bringing down troop levels more quickly than a Republican. I suspect she'd leave a number in Iraq for some time...probably years.

[Perry Logan]

44. Another lame joke from a guy known for his lame jokes.

Actually, anyone can be fooled. Attacking Hillary for her vote on Iraq is getting fooled TWICE by Bush.

[Bullet1987]

46. She laughs a lot at questions she thinks are below her...