Clinton Gets Testy with Iowan in Defending Her Vote about Iran
As all of the blogs, MTP, and the AP reported today, the Des Moines Register reported Mrs. Clinton to be leading in their most recent poll. Rather than being able to enjoy a lead, instead Clinton, in a moment of being questioned intensely, falsely accuses an Iowan of being a plant "that someone put him up to asking the question. "
This is what Athena Jones reported over at MSNBC's blog:
Then Amy Lorentzen of the AP, who witnessed the same exchange, contributed to Norma Pickler's report that the dialog became more heated:
Well, let's hear it for Madame Clinton. She finally apologizes for something, mainly for her own paranoia, but of course, she still thinks she's right.
Clinton lost his vote, and no telling how many others that he will caucus with on January 5th. As the Roundtable on MTP said today, the polls are misleading because it's still early, and the folks, particularly in Iowa will continue to ask Clinton questions of substance and she will have to answer them.
That exchange is something she is unaccustomed of--clearly. And Iowans do study their candidates' views, usually beginning in October. Impressions time is over, and Clinton better do her homework about Iowans and their expectations via retail politics. Her spouse did not compete there in 1992, so this is a different ballgame. Iowans are tougher about asking questions than the traditional media such as Fox News is, and they expect honest answers.
I know John Edwards would never lose his patience with an Iowan.
This is what Athena Jones reported over at MSNBC's blog:
At a campaign stop here, Hillary Clinton sparred verbally for several minutes with a man who pressed her on her recent vote to call Iran's army a terrorist organization.snip
Randall Rolph, from nearby Nashua, asked why he should support Clinton's candidacy when she did not appear to have learned any lessons from having voted to authorize force in Iraq.
Clinton accused the man of being a plant who had been sent to ask the question, to which he took exception, saying the question was a result of his own research.
"I apologize," Clinton said, explaining that she had been asked the very same question in three other places.
Then Amy Lorentzen of the AP, who witnessed the same exchange, contributed to Norma Pickler's report that the dialog became more heated:
Their exchanged grew heated as he insisted the bill would authorize combat. Clinton snapped back, her voice rising, "I'm sorry, sir, it does not."
Well, let's hear it for Madame Clinton. She finally apologizes for something, mainly for her own paranoia, but of course, she still thinks she's right.
Clinton lost his vote, and no telling how many others that he will caucus with on January 5th. As the Roundtable on MTP said today, the polls are misleading because it's still early, and the folks, particularly in Iowa will continue to ask Clinton questions of substance and she will have to answer them.
That exchange is something she is unaccustomed of--clearly. And Iowans do study their candidates' views, usually beginning in October. Impressions time is over, and Clinton better do her homework about Iowans and their expectations via retail politics. Her spouse did not compete there in 1992, so this is a different ballgame. Iowans are tougher about asking questions than the traditional media such as Fox News is, and they expect honest answers.
I know John Edwards would never lose his patience with an Iowan.
Labels: benny's world, iowa politics, John Edwards, Presidential Race 2008
posted by benny06 at
Sunday, October 07, 2007
3 Comments:
Interesting development. Iowans do compare candidates. It sounds like the Iowan heard Edwards comments about lessons learned in giving Bush any authority. He learned not to give Bush any authority, Clinton still seems to feel that Bush can be trusted. It was a great question.
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pioneer, at 3:22 PM
Paranoid a little?
Interesting that asking a question about her vote has to be a plant rather than one of the biggest concerns people of both parties have nowadays. Who's going to stop the madness?
Iowans know that they have a huge responsibility in the election. They are also, by and large, fairly anti-war. So, of course, she'd get that question.
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montana maven, at 4:05 PM
I'm not certain if Rolph (the questioner) heard Edwards' lessons, but Pioneer, your observation that Bush should not be trusted seems to be at the heart of his line of questioning. He was dissatisfied with Clinton's vote on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment and wasn't convinced the Webb-Clinton amendment would hold up given Bush tends to do what he wants anyway.
MM, Clinton values huge executive power, despite what she says. She remembers when the Press, notably the pesky Drudge, caught up with her husband's indiscretions with an intern in the Oval Office. In this instance, she had a recent record to defend, and boy, did it make her a bit snippy. She hates to be contested, but especially in front of the press and a large group of people.
She's lucky the press downplayed this exchange earlier today and that none of the MSB (mainstream blogs) are making any noise about this.
This smacked of Nixonism to me. Geez, I don't wish to have someone of that ilk in the WH.
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benny06, at 4:55 PM
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