Clinton seizes on a media remark because it's all she has left

[Firespirit]

Her campaign made a public spectacle of being low on funds. They insist that delegates must be seated from a pair of elections that the public was told were not real elections, and weren't going to count. The analysis and CW was that Clinton would lose a majority of the upcoming contests. Trouble in Hillaryland....

Then, like a gift from heaven, Shuster says a stupid remark to her, that she immediately leaps on for all it's worth, in a cynical attempt to whip up support from mothers. "YOU INSULTED MY DAUGHTER! YOU INSULTED MOTHERHOOD! (vote for me please)"

Guess what that would be?

Oh, yes.... pimping Chelsea.

I have more respect for mothers than to think they would be swayed by such cynical tactics. Defending your adult child is one thing. Making a federal case out of it to elicit sympathy votes is another.

[K Gardner]

1. Most are growing used to this very predictable cycle of bad behavior from the Clintons.

[rodeodance]

10. "Most are growing used to this very predictable cycle of bad behavior from the Obamacampers"

[golddigger]

13. Lmao!

:rofl:

[OzarkDem]

15. Its so predictable

Can't they discuss issues or something? Can't they use their bile to attack Bush?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

23. BadaBing

[niceypoo]

37. The predictable cycle is the Obamistas over reaction to everything

Conspiracies everywhere! Conspiracy theories are a byproduct of paranoia.

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[havocmom]

5. There are more productive ways of expressing your opinion

One hopes you hone that skill.

[Firespirit]

9. Well, that sure makes sense. nt

[DianeG5385]

So Obama would have stood by if the same had been said his wife or daughters?

Doubtful.

[Firespirit]

8. The issue isn't "standing by" or not

The issue is knowing when to accept the apology and let it drop, rather than continue to rage and storm about it to get pity votes.

[rodeodance]

12. the cure for SOUR GRAPES is lots of sunshine--go for it

[DianeG5385]

22. Well then it wouldn't be politics now would it??

She's not a patsy and some how you think its bad if Hillary (and only Hillary) does it. I like my Presidents to be strong and fight back when they or their family is attacked.

[Firespirit]

29. I just find it pathetic

My very first political campaign was when I was 15, and my parents managed the candidate's campaign. They got attacked in the press, as did I when I attended a debate, and it was much along the same line as this -- that they were "using their kid." Later we were all three called liars, by name, in a separate incident, and their parenting abilities were publicly questioned by the opponent. It was nasty, vitriolic, and dirty...

...and I would have thought less of them if they used the press and opposition's attacks to garner sympathy votes. THAT would have been using me. Instead I told them I took it as a badge of honor to be singled out in this way, and they didn't pursue it.

[Straight Shooter]

26. Well, Obama has made a cottage industry of blowing harmless remarks out of proportion.

Well, I laid my head on the railroad track
Waiting on the Double E
I'm a Chicago pol, and my name is Barack
Poor poor pitiful me

Poor poor pitiful me
Vote for pitiful me
Mean ol' Clintons won't let me be
But I'm an angel, you see
Whoa oh whoa is me.

[Midlodemocrat]

3. That's disgusting. You should be ashamed.

:puke:

[rodeodance]

16. I do not think some have any shame.

[TankLV]

30. that's been obvious for some time now...

[libertee]

4. Remember Obama's a saint and so are his supporters..they are off limit

to criticism.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

6. Other than more delegates and more votes, you're right it's all she has

[cottonseed]

7. Yup, it's better than having to defend her War vote.

nt

[rodeodance]

11. The OP lives up to the label-Obamababy Whiner!!

[Firespirit]

17. Uh, I'm probably going to write in my candidate

Thanks though. :hi:

[rodeodance]

19. ok--but post still stands--

[NJObamaWoman]

14. As a woman I wont vote for her. Her campaign is vile and keeps giving

me reasons everyday why I'm ashamed of being a woman and why I wont vote for her.

[Firespirit]

20. Don't be ashamed of being a woman

Hillary does not represent women.

[DianeG5385]

25. Name one vile thing and document it

Otherwise your full of it and probably a republican. In fact this is a republican tactic, kinda sick.

[cbayer]

36. Ashamed of being a woman? Because of Hillary Clinton? Are you kidding?

[OzarkDem]

18. You do realize this is hurting Obama, don't you?

Dems aren't nearly as thick as right wingers, they catch on to this stuff pretty quickly.

[Firespirit]

21. That's not my problem

I'm anti-Hillary, not pro-anyone.

[OzarkDem]

34. So are you a Democrat? n/t

[Firespirit]

46. Registered nonpartisan

All three of my preferred candidates opted out or dropped out. Now it's left me being "ABH" as so many DUers in 2004 were "ABB." I know I have a destructive, rather than constructive aim... but that carries over to the Anyone But Bushies too, doesn't it.

[Nedsdag]

50. How is it hurting Obama?

He didn't make the statement.

Although Shuster had a crude way of saying it (I would not have chosen those words), in a way he's making a point.

When Hillary was up by 20 points, Chelsea was AWOL. Now that mommy is in trouble, you see Chelsea in the public spotlight. She's fair game to be honest.

[donheld]

24. It's threads like this that

make us all want to limit the amount of threads one can start.

[HuffleClaw]

27. exactly

this 'poor me!' crap impresses nobody other than those who already hillary supporters imo and was a calculated attempt to paint any criticism of her as offensive. it seems to me such a ploy shows how desperate her campaign has become.

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[MH1]

42. Read upthread...not an Obama supporter.

Although I don't much disagree with the op.

There is no low that the Clintons will not sink to, in my experience.

[DemGa]

31. I would certainly defend my daughter

Is this coming from the ObamaBabies? It's become laughably absurd.

[BenDavid]

32. Surely you jest.....with a 101 delegate lead and with the big

states of Texas and Ohio upcoming and then Pa.....if obama were a man of his word he would drop out becasue if I recall correctly it was either him or his campaign manager tht said, if we come out of super tuesday behind by a hundred or more delegates then we cannot win.....so I say obama make like Romey and go......do the right thing, Brother....

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[Firespirit]

35. Then I am glad you are not my parent

I've been in the position of being attacked by a (local) media talking head, and it happened when I was a minor. 15, to be precise. My folks were not hyperactive hover parents and they were not inclined toward cynically whipping up outrage over it.

Also, I'm anti-Hillary, not pro-Obama.

[CatnHat]

38. Ok,

your just anti-Hillary -- posting anti-Hillary crap. Gee, I would have never guessed.

[Seeker30]

39. Obviously you have resentment issues with your parents

and it bothers you someone would defend their kid.

[Firespirit]

40. Riiiiiight

Since it's just too unbelievable to accept that, maybe, I really do think what they did is... superior... to what Hillary did? Instead of some weird sour-grapes Freudian crap.

Considered Occam's Razor?

[Saturday]

43. Oh my goodness, my heart hurts for you that your parents didn't

stand up for you. I see why you have your attitude. Best wishes to you.

[Firespirit]

44. I asked them not to

I couldn't live with myself if had let myself be used for pity votes over something that didn't even offend me.

[Straight Shooter]

48. Chelsea has grown up to be a lovely young lady.

Maybe your parents should have defended you better. You seem to harbor a lot of resentment from your experience and are projecting it onto this situation.

[bridgit]

41. ppfftt, is this all you have left? Some slanders *are* federal cases...

others are merely civil...perhaps you have no innocent loved ones :shrug: my guess is that you'd feel differently if their innocents were being dragged across the TV screens of America so wantonly

[Firespirit]

45. I don't think you understand what slander is

What Shuster did was make a metaphor. A poor one, a tasteless one.

Slander would be if he had broadcast a show accusing Chelsea of prostitution. Like, as it is defined in the law.

[bridgit]

47. Well of course I do silly, I further understand this to be a litigious soceity...

wherein ham sammich's, and unkempt dry cleaned slacks are the subject of multi million dollar law suits. You are clearly able to call it whatever you will. But you will not obtain that added perceptive until it has happened to you...

And it has happened to me, I prevailed, and it did not require an FCC sanctioned, broadcast single to make it so. That contention alone is just plain silly.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

49. finally. Reality breaks out. Thanks, FS, you got it in one.

[Tropics_Dude83]

51. Chelsea a wonderful young lady?

Umm, the woman lives in a bubble and won't even give interviews to little girls reporting for their elementary school newspaper because she has been trained by her parents to hate the evil media.

[TexasObserver]

52. She can't adequately run her own campaign. She's a terrible money manager.

Anything to avoid that obvious problem.

She'll be ready to mismanage on Day One.