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1995: hillary said about small towners, "screw them"!!

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  1. rocket3forlife2

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    Clinton on Working-Class Southerners, circa 1995: "Screw 'em"

    April 16, 2008 5:44 PM

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    Some readers have noted the fact that The Huffington Post is going all to town about an anecdote I reported back in October -- from Sally Bedell Smith's book "For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years" -- that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, during a 1995 retreat called the "Camp David Seminar on the Future of Democracy had some interesting comments about working-class white Southerners who had left the Democratic party:

    "'Screw 'em,' she said, 'you don't owe them a thing, Bill, they're doing nothing for you.' Bill rose to their defense, 'as if rehearsing an old but honorable debate he had been having with his wife for decades,'" as one attendee recalled.

    "'I know these boys,' Bill said. 'I grew up with them. Hardworking poor white boys who feel left out.' He pointed out that liberal reforms had often 'come at their expense' and that the Democrats had to 'find a way to include these boys in our programs.' Hillary had no rejoinder, but during cocktails after the seminar she stood apart, 'opaque and unsmiling.'"

    The comment obviously takes on added meaning in light of the controversy over recent remarks by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, about small-town Pennsylvanians and Sen. Hillary Rodham Mellencamp's new posturing on the subject.

    - jpt

    http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/clinton-on-work.html





    ^^^^^^^^^SMH, hillary better PRAY this does not leak to the mainstream and pray there's no audio backing this too.


    If there is any video of this she is in deep trouble. When you attack people you usually leave yourself open for counter attacks.
     
    #1 rocket3forlife2, Apr 16, 2008
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    If there is video of this, her campaign is over.

    She won't quit, but her chances go from slim to none.
     
    #2 lpbman, Apr 16, 2008
  3. Dubious

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    Southern boys haven't been Democrats since Wallace lost the nomination.

    "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever! "

    Good riddance.
     
    #3 Dubious, Apr 16, 2008
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    Barack Obama said virtually the same thing last week in San Francisco behind closed doors.

    So what's your point again? Voting Republican is the only way to pick a candidate that respects church-goers, gun owners, and small town Americans? Wow, welcome to politics -- guess what, that's who those people vote for. What a shock... lol
     
    #4 El_Conquistador, Apr 16, 2008
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    delusional
     
    #5 Franchise2001, Apr 16, 2008
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    Karl Rove calls them suckers.
     
    #6 mc mark, Apr 16, 2008
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    If this is for real, it should have made the news in 1995.
     
    #7 ymc, Apr 16, 2008
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    This bull**** is silly.
     
    #8 Invisible Fan, Apr 16, 2008
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    I still don't understand why O'bama's comments are so bad. The man simply was speaking the truth.

    I'd rather have a politician tell it like it is.
     
    #9 Two Sandwiches, Apr 16, 2008
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    Is he Irish?
     
    #10 arkoe, Apr 16, 2008
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    Considering there wasn't YouTube, cell phone cameras and very few blogs it was easier to keep stuff like that under wraps.
     
    #11 rocketsjudoka, Apr 16, 2008
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    Bigtexx and TJ are examples of these southern boys and some of their kids.
     
    #12 glynch, Apr 16, 2008
  13. Bandwagoner

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    the dem party is destroying itself.

    idiots
     
    #13 Bandwagoner, Apr 17, 2008
  14. Nice Rollin

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    i agree....screw em.i could care less about the people in jasper texas.
     
    #14 Nice Rollin, Apr 17, 2008
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    Yeah! They're such idiots that they are about to increase their majority in both the house and senate this year.


    Then what will you do?
     
    #15 mc mark, Apr 17, 2008
  16. Two Sandwiches

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    Could be. :D

    That'll teach me to post after bedtime.
     
    #16 Two Sandwiches, Apr 17, 2008
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