ThePolitico: "Clinton Seizes Opportunity After Crisis"

[Bucky]

Once again we get to see what useless media shills the writers of Politico are.

Clinton Seizes Opportunity After Crisis

As the incident unfolded Clinton’s campaign closed its doors and canceled her public appearances. But nightfall brought a happy ending: the campaign workers safe, the man in police custody - and Clinton flying to the scene to express thanks. The hostage-taking itself offered a rare, if small, genuine drama in a campaign season governed by strict schedules and scripted stump speeches.

And as soon as it ended, Clinton took full advantage of the opportunity she had unexpectedly been handed.

In her New Hampshire press conference, she stood before a column of police in green and tan uniforms. She talked of meeting with hostages. She mentioned that she spoke to the state’s governor about eight minutes after the incident began.

The scene was one of a woman in charge.

I'm usually the first in line to ping Clinton for being too slick or too contrived a politician. But the women had two choices: respond to the event and be accused of using a near tragedy for personal gain or don't respond to it and appear callous and inhumane.

Politico is a right wing hack site with a history of jumping at big breaking stories that turn out not to be true. To read their take on this, you'd think she was horning in on somebody else's heroics. If any Republican responded to this just as Clinton did, they'd be lauded for their leadership, not sniped at for "seizing an opportunity" that just happened along her way.

I'm still waiting to hear how Limbaugh overreacts to this story. I know I won't be disappointed

[Joanne98]

I was pissed because she didn't take advantage of it!

It was a perfect chance to make a point about crazy people without healthcare!

[cuke]

4. I totally missed that

even though it usually is one of my first thoughts when something like this happens. Our mental health care system is even more of a joke than our medical health system

[AtomicKitten]

1. It was her "opportunity" to "to take advantage of."

It is what it is, and I seriously doubt any of the other candidates would have reacted differently.

[TwilightGardener]

2. It doesn't matter what she does or doesn't do, nobody will ever give her credit--

her motives will always be suspect. How much of that is her own fault is open to debate, but sometimes it's unfair. In this case, it's unfair.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Limbaugh Joked It Was A Disgruntled Husband Mad At Bill

Ha ha ha...

[seasat]

5. They're the dressed up Drudge report.

I refuse to link to any of their articles or visit their site. Along with Drudge, I don't want to increase their traffic numbers. Some of the Politico's first articles were smears against several of candidates that were easily disproven by sites like Media Matters. That told me all I needed to know about them.

[Bucky]

6. Which is one reason why my link goes to the CBS News page citing them.

Not a direct link. Not sure if that matters, but I did avoid giving them the traffic.

[seasat]

7. That was just my general rant about the Politico

I usually post that when someone mentions them. I wasn't fussing at you about linking to them.

It just boggles my mind why CNN lets the Politico participate in the Democratic debates. The Repugs would have a coronary if the staff of the Nation cosponsored one of their debates. They went into fits over a Clinton supporter asking a question in their Youtube debate. It would give me great pleasure to see the look on their faces if Katrina Vanden Heuvel stood up and asked them a question. Now that would be a Repug debate I'd take time out to watch.