By Antonio D. French
Filed Monday, December 03, 2007 at 10:00 AM
WATCH CLINTON'S FULL SPEECH ONLY AT PUBDEF.TV
U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a break from her campaigning in Iowa to rally the troops and raise some quick campaign cash here in St. Louis Sunday.
Clinton was introduced at The Pageant by former St. Louis Congressman and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, who wasted no time making the case, as he sees it, for why the country needs a change in the White House.
"This president we have now is the worst in president in the history of the country," said Gephardt.
Gephardt also took a subtle shot at Senator Barack Obama, who has a slight lead on Clinton in the latest Iowa polls. "What we need most now is somebody that doesn't need on-the-job training," said the former south St. Louis representative.
In her speech, Clinton proposed opening the same health plan offered to members of Congress to all Americans. She also promised to bring the troops home from Iraq "as quickly and as responsibly as we possibly can" and to end Bush's "No Child Left Behind" education plan, which Clinton called an unfunded mandate.
Clinton delivered her speech in front of bleachers full of supporters, including Reverends B.T. Rice and Earl Nance. As far as we could tell, the only current elected officials in attendance were State Reps Rachel Storch and Ester Haywood.
Mayor Francis Slay, who has endorsed Clinton, did not attend the event. Protesters threatened to picket the event if he showed up. However, his chief of staff, Jeff Rainford, was in the audience.
16 Comments:
Whatieya Think Now Francis ?
12/03/2007 12:08 PM
That damn Slay has just begun to be humiliated for his dastardly actions against Chief Sherman George! More to come!
12/03/2007 12:16 PM
On the video, it also looks like Barbara Frasier was there.
12/03/2007 2:51 PM
Puff piece on her from the pd this morning. No tough questions asked No reference to her criticizing Obama for saying in kindergarten that he wanted to president----stupid stupid stupid thing to attack.
No reference to the stupidity of her ad saying she could be trusted because someone who had worked for her as long as 8 years ago just had to call her to get an operation for his son---THE AD WAS CITED BY HER HOSTAGE TAKER AS A REASON HE WANTED TO TALK TO HER!
The post will endorse her---I wish they would hurry up, instead of supporting her by soft slanted news coverage.
12/03/2007 5:03 PM
If this lady had bobbed her head up and down at the right time for her husband as much as she does now in this video, the Democratic Party would have been much stronger by now.
If you can't bobb your head up and down for your husband at the right time, what makes us think you will do what you need to for the good of our country at the right time.
12/03/2007 11:22 PM
Many men will cheat on their mate no matter her expertise or frequency of performing fellatio or other sex acts!The above statement makes no sense,you can be the "perfect" mate and still get cheated on!
12/04/2007 10:52 AM
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12/04/2007 11:40 AM
Vote for Dennis Kucinich. The rest are hypocrites with no integrity. He is "the only democrat running for President who has voted against authorizing the war in Iraq and against funding its continuation." The rest of the democratic candidates talk big but fund the war!
Plus he was the Mayor of Cleveland. He was so disliked by the establishment that he mafia tried to kill him. This guy has integrity.
12/04/2007 11:44 AM
UPPITY????OBAMA IS CONSIDERED BY HILLARY'S PEOPLE TO BE UPPITY?
"It's his presumptuousness," this operative says. "That he thinks he can deny her the nomination. Who is he to try to do that?" You mean, he's, uh, uppity? "Yes." A senior House Democratic aide notes, "The Clinton people are going nuts in how much they hate him.
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Hillary on Obama: Fear and Hatred on the Campaign Trail
By David Corn | December 4, 2007 7:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (26)
Hillary on the attack.
That's the narrative of the Democratic contest this week, and it may be the dominant theme until the January 3 Democratic caucus in Iowa. (See here and here.) Sliding in the polls in Iowa--and falling behind Senator Barack Obama--Senator Clinton has begun to swing hard at the Illinoisan. Not just at his ideas, but at him, at his character. Clinton spokesperson Howard Wolfson said the other day, "Senator Obama is a fabulous orator, but we need more than words. We don't need someone who says one thing and does another, somebody who talks a good game but doesn't have the courage of their convictions. And on issue after issue, Senator Obama says one thing and does another." The Clinton campaign sent out an email on Monday calling Obama Karl Rove's preferred Democratic (ouch!) and blasting Obama for supposedly not understanding his own health care proposal, for lying when he has said he has not harbored presidential ambitions for years, and for allegedly running a slush fund (meaning a leadership political action committee, which he manages in the same manner Clinton runs her own leadership PAC). In other words, the fellow who has inspired thousands--if not millions--is a sleazy, hypocritical, incompetent sham.
On Monday, Clinton called Obama a "talker" not a "doer" and a purveyor of "false hopes." She mocked his candidacy: ""How did running for president become a qualification for being president?" On Tuesday, the Clinton campaign suggested that Obama's campaign was mounting dirty tricks against Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire.
This is much tougher an attack than anything Obama has hurled at her--and he has been critical of Clinton. (The first negative ad against Clinton has gone up, and it's being pushed not by Obama but by a liberal advocacy group.) And it shows--take your pick--either the meanness or toughness of Clinton and her posse. I lean toward characterizing it as the former.
When talking to Clintonites in recent days, I've noticed that they've come to despise Obama. I suppose that may be natural in the final weeks of a competitive campaign when much is at stake. But these people don't need any prompting in private conversations to decry Obama as a dishonest poser. They're not spinning for strategic purposes. They truly believe it. And other Democrats in Washington report encountering the same when speaking with Clinton campaign people. "They really, really hate Obama," one Democratic operative unaffiliated with any campaign, tells me. "They can't stand him. They talk about him as if he's worse than Bush." What do they hate about him? After all, there aren't a lot of deep policy differences between the two, and he hasn't gone for the jugular during the campaign. "It's his presumptuousness," this operative says. "That he thinks he can deny her the nomination. Who is he to try to do that?" You mean, he's, uh, uppity? "Yes." A senior House Democratic aide notes, "The Clinton people are going nuts in how much they hate him. But the problem is their narrative has gone beyond the plausible."
That is, the Clintonites--and the campaign--may be overreacting. Will Democratic voters really buy the Clinton argument that Obama is an inauthentic and a dissembling scoundrel? Until the caucus-goers of Iowa speak, there is no way to know if Clinton's DEFCON-1 assault on Obama will succeed or backfire. But the Clinton attacks do say something about Hillary Clinton. She's adopting a whatever-it-takes strategy, mixing legitimate criticisms with truth-stretching blasts. And her campaign aides have adopted a we-must-destroy-him mindset that they justify by viewing Obama as a political lowlife.
Whatever-it-takes often works in political campaigns. But we all know that hatred can be blinding. Clinton is, as has been noted, running the risk of alienating those kindhearted souls of Iowa by slamming the lovable, likable and inspiring Barack Obama. She could end up looking a bit desperate. Candidates are always responsible for their campaigns, and they can be judged accordingly. If the Clinton campaign throws anything it can against Obama--with little regard for accuracy or decency--that will reflect her own character and values. It could, to turn her words against her, be a disqualification for the job.
Clinton is playing with fire. In explaining to reporters that she will be tougher on Obama, she said, "Now the fun part starts." That was tasteless. It's a remark that certainly can--and will be--used against her. And some Democratic voters might worry that the comment reveals too much desire for (political) blood.
In politics, there can be a thin line between tough and mean. (Ask Rudy Giuliani.) The future of Clinton's campaign--and perhaps the future of the United States--will be determined by how this woman navigates the difference.
12/04/2007 7:43 PM
ANTONIO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AND DOCUMENTING THE HILLARY CLINTON EVENT AT THE PAGENT SUN. NITE.
1300 PEOPLE ATTENDED TO HEAR THE SENATOR SPEAK ABOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE WHICH AMERICA REALLY NEEDS ESPECIALLY IN MISSOURI WHERE OUR GOV.BLUNT HAS CHOSEN TO KICK KIDS OFF HEALTHCARE AND WE HAVE ALL SUFFERED FROM THE EDUCATIONAL GAPS MISSOURI HAS ALLOWED TO OUR CITY CHILDREN.I FEEL ST. LOUIS WILL NOT BE LEFT BEHIND WITH HER IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND MISSOURI COULD RISE TO THE NEEDS OF ITS PEOPLE WITH MONEY RETURNING FROM WASHINGTON THAT GOV.BLUNT STOPPED TO OUR MOST NEEDIST MISSOURIANS.
WE KNOW THE POLITICS OF COWBOYS CAN END AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES TO MAKE HISTORY BY SUPPORTING WHO SUPPORTS US.
THANKS AGAIN HILLARYCLINTON.COM
YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE
RETTA CRAWFORD
MISSOURI WOMEN FOR HILLARY COUNCIL
12/04/2007 8:26 PM
So Retta, what you are saying in all capital letters, is that Hillary does have a plan other than the one presented in her Larry Ward ad, where a guy in his forties calls Hillary, and she calls a hospital, and presto----the guy's son gets an expensive bone marrow operation free?
That is a good thing. I hope we elect enough democrats to help her enact it. I also hope that democrats nominate the candidate most likely to help elect a congress which can make so many of the changes needed.
12/05/2007 12:22 PM
I've heard her plan is to make the federal congressional health plan available to all. Sounds good to me, I bet that's a pretty good one. I just wrote a $1200 check for health insurance for a family of four for this month so I am looking for a candidate who understands the health care crisis facing the middle and lower classes in this country. Clinton has been aware of this issue a long time, so the others will have to work pretty hard to convince me they can help my family out better than she can. Ending the war is a huge issue but right now the health care crisis hits home harder than the war does.
I like Obama too. I think he should do his 8 years as VP to Hillary, learn the ropes, and then do his 8 years as President. That would be great for this country, 16 years of Obama instead of just 4 or 8. Think long term, Obama!
12/05/2007 12:57 PM
to Retta Crawford,
how do you feel about Hillary and Barack voting for the juvenile crimes bill which will hurt our children and calls for federal incarceration for alleged crimes based on interpretation of affiliation to gangs by dress or numbers?
12/05/2007 4:55 PM
I do not know of this law or bill so please give more information and I will investigate the facts before I give my personal opinion regarding this.As far as healthcare gee the same insurance that Congress has is a great idea and much support and both houses have to vote on it before she can sign it into law like many obstacles we find in our form of government.
12/05/2007 11:31 PM
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obamas-crime-votes-are-fodder-for-rivals-2007-03-13.html
Obama's votes in the Illinois senate have been criticized by conservatives for being soft---example--Obama, at the time, said the bill would unfairly target minorities, stating, “There’s a strong overlap between gang affiliation and young men of color … I think it’s problematic for them to be singled out as more likely to receive the death penalty for carrying out certain acts than are others who do the same thing.”
Obama opposes the death penalty except for terrorists, serial killers and child-murderers, but his campaign added that he does not support the death penalty as it is currently administered in this country.
Retta is better qualified than I am probably for both candidates to offer info---I did find this paragraph from last January. I think there might be slight differences in attitudes--but nothing close to what you would find between them and most republicans.
"For Hillary, of course, it is impossible not to look back on the record of her husband's presidency. Crime in America dropped throughout Bill Clinton's presidency, but prison populations and the use of the death penalty expanded dramatically. As President, Bill Clinton supported and signed legislation that increased the severity of federal and state sentencing terms, broadened the applicability of the federal death penalty, and sharply restricted habeas corpus rights for prisoners. It is unclear whether Hillary will seek to actively show off her toughness on crime (as Bill did)"
12/06/2007 2:24 AM
The Gang Abatement & Prevention Act
(Passed on Friday, September 21, 2007)
This bill was approved byt he entire Senate (the very next day after thousands of Black people "marched" in Jena, LA). The Gang Abatemente and Prevention Act makes a number of gang activities a federal crime, while increasing penalties for existing crimes and increasing funding for prevention and intervention efforts.
This bill authorized more than $1 billion dollars to increase law enforcement efforts in what is now called "High Intensity Gang Activity Areas" (HIGAAs)
This bill establishes far higher penalties for the new federal gang crimes it creates, including the possibility of life imprisonment without parole for murder, kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, or maiming. If the gang crime is a serious violent felony, the criminal can receive up to 30 years in prison. And for any other violent gang crimes, the criminal can receive up to 20 years in prison.
NOW, what is the definition of gang affliliation? Dressing alike!
Also, if 2 or 3 of us dress alike, and ask someone to come over and talk to us, that is called GANG SOLICITATION!
12/07/2007 10:44 AM
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